When Melissa Zehner, a freelance organic marketer, lost a long-term client, she expected performance feedback — not political judgment for being a Democrat. Instead, she says the client called her views 'narrow and demented,' and accused her of being 'not loyal to the country.'
Her posts on LinkedIn, which advocated equal rights, affordable healthcare, and safe schools, were enough to end the contract. 'I'm gonna talk about it, because the US is becoming more polarised every day,' Zehner wrote — a statement now resonating across workplaces as America faces a crisis of political incivility.
