Comments on: stop social media firings

By: Catbert

Catbert — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:34:18 +0000

Nick says: “The point of the article is that hurt feelings are no reason to fire an otherwise qualified worker.”

Catbert says: “Otherwise qualified”??? I’m not sure how you’re able to speak to the qualifications of these individuals. Are you familiar with their work history? Their performance?

Simple fact-People who display poor judgement, and poor decision-making will have a difficult time remaining employed.

Regarding any social trauma these individuals endured, I’d call that a self-inflicted wound.

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:43:38 +0000

It is not about social media sites, it is about the loaylty of employees with their employer. When the employer lose the trust in the employee, there is usually just the only one solution.
People should be always very careful about their posting their job related stories, there is always someone who can read the message and say it to the employer.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:49:31 +0000

Nick – Its all just good fun, dont worry…the readers here have big shoulders. If your posts dont stir the pot just a little then they wouldnt be very interesting to read. When you see the swarm, you know the topic is a good one. PS I think you should be fired….just kidding

By: Nick Armstrong

Nick Armstrong — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:43:18 +0000

Not sure what kind of flamewar was started here. Rafael’s point was a valid one, but it wasn’t the point of my article – never meant to dis the guy. So, have your silliness anywhere, just not on my post.

Rafael, also agreed with you on the confidentiality agreements, unless some sort of moral or ethical dilemma is involved (ie, someone’s gonna get fired, bonuses at AIG, that sort of thing that SHOULD be leaked).

So… we have 1) personal, vulgar attacks, 2) racism/intolerance and 3) confidentiality agreements.

Can we please get back to the issue at hand?

HRBoss – There’s no reason to get ageist about it. The people getting fired for social media mistakes are from every generation. When I post something, I post it as myself. I believe in transparency. When I say something online, which I believe is a fair assessment of the situation, no matter who it pisses off, I take credit for it.

The point of the article is that hurt feelings are no reason to fire an otherwise qualified worker.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:08:39 +0000

no one likes a snitch and what comes around, goes around.

http://www.cheezhead.com/2009/04/09/ved-monster-lawsuit-demands-yahoo-release-name-of-snitch/

By: hrboss

hrboss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:15:07 +0000

Its there needs to be some sort of awareness in the workforce that if you go public with private information, you’re going to get canned. Some of the new generation doesnt totally understand this yet. Look at the way half these jobfox employees bad mouth the founder and others. They hide their real ID when mouthing off but what kind of character gets angry at someone that gave them a job? Sorry your not a millionare but you had a job for 2 years. And this is how you repay them? Good lord. Point is, more people need to learn something called discretion.

By: Leafar=SEM

Leafar=SEM — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:53:30 +0000

Leafar is that you attacking people on cheezhead again. You need to get a gym membership bro, all that anger is gonna eat you up.

By: Commonsense

Commonsense — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:12:55 +0000

Rafael – I agree with you 100%…the rest of these blokes are just angry cause their unemployment is runnign out.

By: leafaR

leafaR — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:57:43 +0000

Can someone tweet about this twit, Rafael? Make up a name, throw his pic on it, and then tweet about RealMatch sucking wind. a) Its the truth. b) Maybe then we’ll be saved his drivel.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:20:20 +0000

Nick – I agree that if the situation is horrible then of course an employee needs to do something like telling HR or the boss’s boss so that things can be addressed internally. But whatever you do, dont tweet or is it twit about it. That’s really bad judgement. There is no upside to venting publically….there is only downside.