Fired in Boston

A Boston Reporter was fired from her job because of who she was dating.

NBC 10 parted ways with Reporter Karen Hensel, scrubbed her bio and her social media pages, not because of the job she was doing, but because of whom she was dating.

The NBC O&O dumped Hensel after an anonymous person told management that she was dating the local police chief.

Hensel sent a memo to the staff, explaining that she had been let go for her relationship.

Hensel said that she had not done a story on the chief while she was dating him and thought that by, “self-policing” it was sufficient. Obviously management felt different and canned her.

Now, should someone who is just in the dating stage be obligated to tell management who they are dating?

Or should Hensel have gone to her bosses and said that she was dating the guy and to stop any conflicts, she thought they should know?

If she did not do any stories on the chief or his department, was firing her the right thing to do? Or was it too severe?

This is certainly a very interesting debate that could be argued from both sides.

Either way, Hansel is not out of a job solely because of who she was dating.

Here is the internal memo that she sent to her co-workers and was obtained by FTVLive:

I wanted to let everyone know today is my last day. Someone filed an anonymous complaint to corporate that I am dating the auburn police chief which I am. I did not do any stories while I dated him and thought self policing myself was sufficient. I did not disclose the relationship Even though we are not doing any stories together. Whoever did it had their reason instead of coming to me with their concern. I appreciate all the support that so many of you are giving to me. And I appreciate my time with you Unfortunately Ben terminated me. I just wanted all of you to know the reason why.

I wish you all the best.

Take care
Karen

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