An Austin man says he was fired over Slack after a confrontation with his manager about remote work Chad Hampton claims he was fired over Slack after telling his manager he was working from home one day. Hampton said that working from home is normal, claiming that out of 15 employees, only five worked in the office. He cited an unprofessional conservative work environment, where he felt as if he was often biting his tongue. A man in Austin, Texas, said he was fired over Slack after a confrontation with his boss over a decision to work remotely. "It was pretty common for employees to do spontaneous things like nobody ever asked to have to go to the doctor, or like work from home," Chad Hampton, 29, told Insider. Hampton, who opened up about his termination in a TikTok , which has amassed over 200,000 views, said he was fired from his administrative position as a marketing associate after messaging his manager before work that he was working from home to focus on his duties on that day. Hampton said his manager "got upset with the way that I spoke to her" after saying he was working from home on July 29.