One boss' decision to fire a worker over his use of his own vehicle with political messaging on has been praised online, despite upset from other employees.

The man, posting to Reddit as u/jobsiteaita, owns his own contracting company that has been running for just under a decade and employs almost 50 people. He has now been forced to fire an employee after receiving various complaints from customers over political messaging on the worker's vehicle.

Those customers wouldn't be a rarity. According to a Glassdoor poll, 60 percent of workers say they believe that "discussing politics at work is unacceptable." It's not so black-and-white, however, as 57 percent of workers still admitted to talking about politics while on the job.

The employer took to popular Subreddit "Am I the A**hole" to gain views on his workplace situation, gaining over 6,000 upvotes.

As a general guideline, he asks workers to drive company vehicles to jobs, but understands that it's not always possible.

"Steve drives a big, lifted, customized truck. It's a nice truck and I know he takes a lot of pride in it. But, the thing is covered in political stickers. Now, if you work for me, I don't care what your political views are as long as you're good at your job. Steve has been with me for about five years now and he's good at what he does," wrote the employer in the post.

"He's knowledgeable and efficient and overall has been a quality employee."

The boss shared that he allowed Steve to drive his own vehicle to work, in order to accommodate for the school run. However, the last three customers Steve worked with voiced complaints about the political messaging on the car parked outside their homes. One even took to social media with a photo of the truck.

After talking with Steve, he agreed to use company vehicles again to drive to and from jobs, but complained that it caused extra hassle.

"He complied for the rest of that last job, but when we started a new one last week, he started driving his own truck again. Sure enough, three days into the job and I got complaints from the customer about Steve's truck," wrote the boss.

"I had another talk with Steve and told him that this was no longer negotiable and that I am requiring him to take a company vehicle. He accused me of discriminating against him and it turned into a heated argument. We both said some harsh things and I eventually told him he was fired."

After some employees took Steve's side, a company-wide meeting was held. "I have revoked the option to drive personal vehicles to jobs and now require everyone to take company vehicles, no exceptions," wrote the boss.

Newsweek reached out to u/jobsiteaita for comment. We could not verify the details of the case.

Reddit users were left backing the employer for his decision to fire Steve, citing unprofessionalism as a big cause.

"I am gonna make a wild guess as to those stickers. If he turned up at my door with those all over his truck, I would turn him away and never use your company again, because I would ASSUME that was the company culture, which I refuse to support," read one comment, with over 15,000 upvotes.

"The whole point is that Steve is presenting an unprofessional front for the business, irrespective of what exactly his politics are," wrote one user. "Steve's politics could be wonderful and caring, and then if the client is a bigot it's still going to bite you in the a**."

"The amount of people saying otherwise is astonishing to me," agreed another user, siding with the boss. "You didn't say 'Hey Steve, your politics are s**t so f**k you—drive out of your way to work as punishment or else you're fired.'

"In fact, you let him drive his truck to job sites until it became a consistent problem. Then you addressed it. Then he did it again, and it was yet again a problem. So you attempted to explain it and retain him, but he started crying about it and essentially forced the issue," they said.

"It's your company, your name, and the money/PR involved affects everyone, not just you. It was a business decision, pure and simple. You can require people to drive company vehicles to job sites, just like you can require people to wear company shirts to job sites. Sure, one person might love an employee's Biden or Trump shirt, but another person most assuredly will not. If someone parked a giant political advertisement I disagreed with in front of my house, I'd direct them off my property. And that's the risk."

Another reasoned that the signage could potentially impact business and jobs too, saying that "if one customer is upset about his behavior or the truck, they are less likely to tell others or refer others. As a business owner, word of mouth is a great way to get business but on the flip side, word of mouth from one customer could stop people."

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