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They sound like a right bunch of idiots. Talk about leaving themselves wide-open to Court claims.
Op, your one mistake was to have work colleagues as FB friends.
If the system the company is using are so full of errors, then any report that highlights such an error should be treated wth a full investigation into the error and how it can be avoided in the future. Not by placing the user under investigation.
The way the company have reacted will only encourage a culture of not reporting issues that crop-up, thus leading to a potential prosecution of the company when the !!!! finally hits the fan.
If the company do dismiss you, whistle-blow to the papers. After all, you will have nothing to lose.Never Knowingly Understood.
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They sound like a right bunch of idiots. Talk about leaving themselves wide-open to Court claims.
Op, your one mistake was to have work colleagues as FB friends.
If the system the company is using are so full of errors, then any report that highlights such an error should be treated wth a full investigation into the error and how it can be avoided in the future. Not by placing the user under investigation.
The way the company have reacted will only encourage a culture of not reporting issues that crop-up, thus leading to a potential prosecution of the company when the !!!! finally hits the fan.
If the company do dismiss you, whistle-blow to the papers. After all, you will have nothing to lose.
When you report a problem you should do so within the organisation or to the relevant regulatory agency, not your mates on FB.
The OP has said nothing that suggests their employer has left themselves open to a claim.
Telling the papers would not be whistle blowing, at least not within the legal meaning. It would also be extremely stupid considering that any potential employer could Google the OP and see they told stories about their ex employer.0 -
-They sound like a right bunch of idiots. Talk about leaving themselves wide-open to Court claims.
Op, your one mistake was to have work colleagues as FB friends.
If the system the company is using are so full of errors, then any report that highlights such an error should be treated wth a full investigation into the error and how it can be avoided in the future. Not by placing the user under investigation.
The way the company have reacted will only encourage a culture of not reporting issues that crop-up, thus leading to a potential prosecution of the company when the !!!! finally hits the fan.
If the company do dismiss you, whistle-blow to the papers. After all, you will have nothing to lose.
Thanks-I'm seeing it,from the same perspective as you.....like the original issue,which was SO,major.in their opinion,is now being used to confuse the issue.If I go to a tribunal(which I can't do until dismissed)the story would come out anyway....0 -
Idiots or not, posting negative content about your employer on any form of social media, including here, is a high risk strategy. It is viewed as being detrimental to the company, generally classed as gross misconduct.0
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By the differing responses,to my dilemma,it all says to me,that,social media,is such a huge,grey area.....If the original issue,was of such importance,that I was suspended,how has the secondary issue become so overblown ,that it's taken precedence over something so serious?...Thanks everyone,will have my nervous breakdown and disciplinary on Thursday!! At 57yrs old,don't think my chances of being in employment are going to affect me in such a way,in the future...0
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There is no specific procedure,except being told 'but everyone knows'-seems to be different rules for different people,within the same workplace.I've been with them 7yrs.....and it's an agency that until there's a problem,you're not aware that you've done anything wrong....You can't go to a intranet rules and regs site,it's on a 'need to know'only basis,wher information about what to do.and not what to do are magically produced as 'fact'...
Involve trade union. I'd be quite content to run with this.Don’t be a can’t, be a can.0 -
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-Actually,I'm a she...and as soon as I receieved the letter,24 hrs after being told not to turn up for work,I retracted reply from colleague.....It wasn't detrimental,it was a replyLioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »Because he has openly made derogatory comments about his employers on a public social media site - he cannot deny the comments as they are there in black and white.0 -
OP. You may not lose your job. You made a gaff.
At the meeting with management you should perhaps concentrate on saying that you should have made more effort to bring the real problems that you saw with the system to the attention of colleagues/management rather than going home with it still on your mind.0
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