How to lose your job on Facebook

jenny2009

How do we know it is genuine? All I have seen is a .jpg which can have been made in photoshop

Jen

Naykon

haha stupid! hand her a darwin award..

i really think people don't realise the consequences... I also can't understand people posting all their details and pictures of their children on facebook :O

gives any wannabe kidnappers an easy ride..

greenbee

We were advised on a training course a couple of years ago not to use our 'real' names on FB to avoid problems with potential employers. Obviously I then forgot this advice :rolleyes:

I have only added colleagues from my current workplace and the team who work for me very recently. Most of them don't have access from work, although I did have an entertaining day when I was working from home and had FB open on my home laptop, and pointed out to one of my team that just because I wasn't in the office didn't mean that there wasn't work to do... luckily it was taken in the spirit that it was meant in (they know I don't really care what the do/when they work as long as it gets done), but provided hours of entertainment for her friends... a number of whom were work colleagues who should also have been working at the time... strangely no one asked what I was doing on FB during the working day

In this instance, as i'm such a lovely boss :cool: it wasn't an issue, but I can imagine that other people might not be so flexible in their approach. I think most people are now aware of the need to think about how they set their privacy settings, and realise that anything they say might as well be broadcast on the news!

Obviously this girl wasn't the brightest...

Mands

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

aw!! I'm at work and can't view the pic. Can someone upload it to a work friendly site?!

You could try Passive Aggressive Notes which is where this appears to have been taken from;

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2009/08/10/why-facebook-is-sooo-gonna-get-you-fired/

jb66

Tesco would sack you for that

sunshinejoclaire

I go by the rule that I post nothing on Facebook that I wouldn't say in front of my Mam and my Boss

CocoPopsLover

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

That made my day

Savvy_Sue

greenbee wrote: »

In this instance, as i'm such a lovely boss :cool: it wasn't an issue, but I can imagine that other people might not be so flexible in their approach.

I hope this 'flexibility' never comes back to haunt you: if there isn't a policy about only using the computer for personal stuff during breaks, then how do you sanction a staff member who takes the p? That may either be when the work isn't getting done, or when colleagues are complaining that one person is not doing a fair share. They're going to wail "But everyone does it, and no-one has ever complained before."

louisewh123

if this is real then yes, she is a silly cow but her boss was also very unprofessional. He should have waited until the next day and told he to her face. ( he could of easily got a screen shot of the comment ) not swore at her, insulted her and sacked her over the internet!!

Two wrongs dont make a right!!