A cancer sufferer and father-of-three has been fired by Argos after his employers saw complaints about his job on Facebook.
David Rowat was sacked for gross misconduct after posting moans about returning to work following a holiday. Although he didn’t actually mention the store name, his employers were still alerted to the comments.
Mr Rowat intends to appeal against his dismissal and couldn’t believe his treatment after being frogmarch from the Romford store on Tuesday after 13 years of loyal service.
The comments read: “Had a great day back at work after my hols who am I kidding!!” and “Back to the shambles that is work.”
H was informed by his employers that the comments breach the Argos “social networking policy” and that they could “damage the reputation of the company”.
Mr Rowat said: “The store manager told me to be honest and apologise. He said I’d get a telling off but I was sacked and run off the premises like a criminal.”
He added: “I’m the sole breadwinner in my house ¬- my wife had to take early retirement because of ill-health.”
His daughter Tina Jackson said: “He is a sick man and this stress is not going to make him any better – he has served that company loyally and this is how they repay him.”
A spokesman for Argos said: “We take matters of this nature extremely seriously and have arrived at this course of action after an extensive internal investigation that involved multiple factors and events.”
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