Would you report someone to their employer?

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Or have you and what happened?

I saw someone posting derogatory comments around mental health ('idiotic, waste of resources'), when their job was to manage social media presence for an NHS organisation that runs mental health awareness campaigns.

I do not want to be a 'snitch' however it doesn't sit right with me that this is their job and they are posting such comments on a very public page from their personal profile, with their job title very visible on their profile too.

I personally wouldn't. I think people should be able to talk about what they want in their off time, even if I disagree with it.

No I wouldn't.

I wouldn’t

Have you posted about this before? Did you also work for this organisation and your employment terminated because of your performance and behaviour or something and you made similar accusations about someone? Something is familiar about this.

No I've not posted about this before.
It's a conversation I had with a colleague this morning, we work for the same trust but in very different roles. They do not know the poster of the comments however I do. They were adamant that I should report this to their boss, 'poor professional conduct' etc - while this is would be the case for us (in my role, I have to be careful about what I choose to share publicly on social media etc), I said that as they are non clinical, they do not have to adhere to the same codes of practice as we do.
Their reasoning was that this person works for the NHS too and should be professional. Whilst I agree to a certain degree, everyone has a life outside of work and if your role isn't governed by a code of practice so to speak, what's the harm?
I do not agree with the comments they posted and think it was perhaps a tad irresponsible given their role but I see no benefit of reporting them.
Was just curious about other opinions. Thanks

I have once . Someone who worked in a SN school making derogatory,racist and xenophobic comments about certain races,religions etc. I ignored most of his Britain First type comments (Merry Christmas is banned, hot cross buns are banned,poppies are banned etc) on FB but he private messaged me to further "explain" his views and it was bad,really bad.He said that the reason for PM was that he'll get slated if he posts them,so he knew they're wrong.

Given he works with quite a lot of children from those countries/religions/races I informed his HT. He already had two warnings, one for defaming another school on FB (again) and one because of something he did in work and he was let go within a few months. No idea if my contact with the HT prompted it or if he did something else in the meantime.

I did once. During the Charlie Gard court case, a nurse who disparaged Great Ormond Street calling them murderers and threatening to confront doctors treating him with a syringe - she was very open about her background and role in nursing at another London hospital and it worried me that she was not only bringing the profession into disrepute, but was also so local to the hospital in question that she could potentially confront the medical team.

I used to investigate teacher misconduct and a lot of our cases were notified by members of the public. Some of them had been covered up by their employers who were worried about their own reputation.

I would too

In that situation I would consider it. As its really not ok to have those views and be in that role. They might come into contact with patients even just occasionally. I'd also wonder how you can contribute positively in the workplace if you basically don't believe in the service your employer provides.

I would. Especially as their job is managing social media presence.

If and only if it's relevant to their role or obviously if they were threatening to attack anyone with a syringe as in the case above! Or any threat of physical attack, absolutely.

Otherwise hmmm. If it's a general obnoxious view no, absolutely not.

You can disagree with someone strongly without believing that they should lose their job for speaking freely. It can be quite a fine line.

I don't think I would in the example you've referenced. I have complained about dangerous driving to an employer when they were driving their employers vehicle so dangerously they nearly knocked over two school children.

Yes I would. Anonymously if possible though! Their bread and butter is being an advocate for MH, yet they're referring to people with MH difficulties as idiotic? Yup. Shop 'em.

Yes.

It seems an utterly idiotic thing to do. Surely if they manage social media in their professional life they would know how to manage their personal accounts properly.