员工发“勿忘国耻”图片被警告？松下电器回应丨Employee's post sparks online debate
网传松下电器（中国）杭州的一位员工因为在9月18日当天在朋友圈发了一张“918勿忘国耻”的图片，被公司领导威胁警告，导致这名员工愤而离职。
Friday marked the 89th anniversary of the Sept 18 Incident, the day when Japanese troops launched a sudden attack upon the Chinese army and occupied the northeastern provinces thereafter.
Every year on this day, people share their memories about this piece of history on their social media accounts. Recently, a Panasonic employee in China reportedly shared a "Do not forget our past shame" poster via his WeChat Moments page. He later received a warning from his superior: "Are you going to quit?"
Based on a screenshot of the employee's WeChat messages, the superior then asked where he was and spoke to him for about 30 seconds. About two hours later, the employee said that he could not stand such company culture and refused to delete it from his Moments page. Even a Japanese enterprise should pay respect to history, which is our common past.
The employee also said he could quit, and the superior replied "OK".
After this screenshot was shared on Sina Weibo, it went viral and aroused heated discussion. In the comments section of the Panasonic China Weibo page, one comment which attracted 14,000 likes stated: "Why can't we share this poster in our Moments page?"
The top 20 most popular comments on Weibo were all about this issue.
On Saturday afternoon, Panasonic posted a statement regarding this issue via its official Weibo account saying that the company is paying close attention to "the superior's intervention of an employee's right to express personal opinions", and will check with those involved to confirm what happened.
There were also interesting discussions in its comment section as well. Some think that Panasonic actually confirmed that the employee's words of never forgetting the past shame was just and righteous, while some believe it is Panasonic's company culture that prompted the superior to threaten the employee.
However, netizens agreed on one point. It is highly possible that the superior is a Chinese national because the entire dialogue is in Chinese. It is absurd for any person, especially a Chinese, to forbid his or her subordinates to show respect to our past.
Investigation is under way and the superior will have to shoulder his or her responsibilities.
记者：张周项
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