Coworker

We have a slack channel for memes, and everything in there is boomer humor or super vanilla. My coworker (and actually a good buddy of mine) sends some good ones periodically (but still very relaxed). In the thread, he mentioned that he was joking around and mentioned the he has some “illegal” company memes. Well, a few people hit him up privately to see. He shared them over DM, someone in leadership found out, and he was let go this morning. They’re actually not anything really extreme (definitely not actually “illegal” or harmful). They’re “illegal” in the sense that they poke fun at the company pre/post acquisition, and they make fun of some vendors and clients (without actually naming names, but everyone knows who the meme is referring to). How do I know this? Because I was the one who made them. Thank god he’s been a fucking bro and took the firing in the chin without implicating me. So happy new year to all of you, too. Hopefully I don’t get notice later today that I’m toast, too Edit: I didn’t send it to him on slack or a company machine, so I’m not implicated unless he says something. I’m not dumb. He’s not dumb either, I think he just doesn’t care anymore. We got acquired in Jan 2023 and it’s been a shitshow to say the least since then. He told me he’s looking forward to some fun-employment. I initially found out when he texted me this morning “ya boy got fired LMAO 🤣” Just thought it’s a funnyish story to share.