Comments on: Fired for a Facebook Joke … Again

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:24:54 +0000

To: Karen F., The Resume Chick (on Google)

So what you are telling me is that I have lost my right to free speech just because my boss may see something I put on Facebook and not like it? Seems to me that these companies need to keep their control out of our peersonal lives. They have no right to use a personal blog for an excuse to fire someone. If I tell a joke on Facebook, it is no one in my company’s business what i say. Yes, they have a right to expect professionalism out of me at work, but if I am not at work, they have absolutely no right to listen into anything I say. This is just another form of thought control and the taking away of our right to free speech. If the boss can’t handle a joke or an opinion, i would say that that particular boss should be the one fired, not the person using their free speech, as the boss obviously has issues that would keep them from being fair.

By: J

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:09:07 +0000

What you say and what you do always matters , always , wether it is thought to be public or private .You never know who will hear or see all or part of it , and it will effect them and you because thats how it is wether we like it or not .

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By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:12:53 +0000

The thing about social networks is that what you do there IS you. Another side of you, maybe. If you were a bank robber off the clock but a perfect employee on the clock, do you thing the bank that employed you would say- “Oh well. Who cares what he does in his free time.” No, of course not. What you do during your personal time is still you. And if an employer is looking for a certain type of employee, but your Facebook page shows that you are a different person online, your employer is going to wonder- which is the real you, the Facebook you or the employee you? So if an employer sees something they do not like on your Facebook, they are going to want to consider it before they hire you. PS- I remember a time when if you disrespected your boos- you would get canned. They pay you to work, they have a right to expect employees to adhere to common sense rules and behavior. Do you think it would be tolerated if you stood in front of your place of work and ranted about how bad your company is? Putting on Facebook for a million people to see is the same thing. Really. Don’t post anything on Facebook that you would not want to shout from Times Square in from of every person you know. OK????

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:30:21 +0000

I have had no posts from employers on my website, just companies themselves. BUT….. if you want to keep something that ” might ” mean a lot to you, ( i wont say more than personal friends ) keeping your job might come first, then post what you want. What are you hiding, anyway !

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The week of workplace don’ts « Sales and Marketing Jobs — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:29:45 +0000

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By: Tabby

Tabby — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:47:18 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me how often people feel they have the right to publicly badmouth, criticize or poke fun at the people who sign their paychecks or anyone else with whom they must work in their employer’s place of business on a daily basis. They consider the web a private place?? And how in the world can you consider communicants on the web, whom you have never met, as friends is beyond my comprehension. You communicate with real friends face to face or on the telephone, in private, not in an international forum–that way you know your beef about anyone or anything is only for your friends’ ears, and not for someone in, say, Mozambique! Cheeez. How stupid can people get. Neither the web, nor Facebook, nor Twitter, etc. would give anyone an expectation of privacy.

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The week of workplace don’ts « Job Search Engineering — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:32:59 +0000

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By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:14:19 +0000

Does it matter? The company pays us, we work for them and they pay our salary, not the other way around. If you want to talk trash about them on the outside, what else can you expect? If you aren’t happy, leave. If you feel the need to trash your employer, don’t do it in public! This isn’t rocket science.

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Only Bangalore Jobs » Blog Archive » The week of workplace don’ts — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:03:55 +0000

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