When Ex-Employees Attack Your Business Online: How to Bounce Back Running a business is hard enough without a former employee throwing shade online. In 2025, a ticked-off ex can cause serious trouble with lies, exaggerations, or outright slander. Maybe they’re upset about a firing or a workplace disagreement, but their online attacks can hit your company’s reputation where it hurts. Drawing from years of helping businesses deal with these messes, let’s break down what ex-employees do, why it’s a big deal, and how to fight back in a way that’s straightforward and effective. Ex-employees get nasty when they want revenge. Some flood review sites like Google with fake complaints. One business owner dealt with an ex who posted over 20 bogus reviews, calling the company “unethical” and tanking its rating for months. Others take to social media—think an ex-worker tweeting that their boss was “stealing” from clients, sparking a storm of angry retweets that scared off customers. On blogs ...