Can You Be Fired for Using Profanity at Work?

Can you be fired for using profanity at work?

Come on everybody curses every now and then. Usually it’s when you are alone or with a group of friends after a couple beers, but what happens when the F-bomb drops in the workplace? And what are the consequences that can come of it?

What are the repercussions that can come from human resources? Sometimes it can be just an official warning like if it slips out in the work place with other coworkers and it gets reported. Other times you can get fired if you have jobs where you are in front of customers or potential customers. You wouldn’t be directly fired for cursing but it could be lead on that you have a unprofessional attitude, prevent future communication with coworkers, and make you have a bad image in the office.

Stats

-81% of employers believe cursing brings an employee's professionalism into question (Truggle)

-64% of employers think less of an employee who swears repeatedly (Truggle)

-57% said they are less likely to promote someone who using curse words (Truggle)

-71% of employers said that swearing shows a "lack of control," (Truggle)

-68% says swearing demonstrates a "lack of maturity." (Truggle)

-54% of employers said that swearing made their employees appear "less intelligent."(Truggle)

36% of bosses have Given a formal warning (CiteHR)

6% have fired an employee for cursing. (CiteHR)

69.7% said that they would fire an employee for bad office manners. (CiteHR)

82.4% said that they had given official warnings for making personal calls,