Coming to the 2012 presidential election, corporations and companies boldly told their employees, that if "Obama were to be elected, that people would lose their jobs."
The person who is heading your country as president, has no IMMEDIATE economic effects, causing this to be necessary. It is someone very high up in the company's chain of command's way of saying "vote for who I tell you, or you'll lose your job." This is no different than telling someone they will receive immediate compensation if they vote for whom an individual desires.
Voting is a decision that an individual must make, not a company or a corporation, and holding a person's livelihood over their head to force an election should be criminalized.