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Ripping your current employer on Facebook

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by BurnsWhenIPee, Oct 24, 2011.

  1. BB Bobcat

    BB Bobcat Active Member

    This seems to fit in with this thread....

    http://mashable.com/2011/10/23/how-recruiters-use-social-networks-to-screen-candidates-infographic/
     
  2. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    That's why my Facebook profile is locked down to the general public.
     
  3. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
     
  4. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    By the same token, though, if you're an employee who feels so strongly about the bad parts of the place from which you draw a paycheck, then shouldn't you leave and not stay one day longer? I laugh at how many people (not saying you, Rick) like to take on "the man" ... only up until that point where it's going to affect their way of life.
     
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    If liking your job, bosses and the head honchos were conditions of employment, the unemployement rate would be in the 95 percent range.
     
  6. That 1 Guy

    That 1 Guy Member

    This.
     
  7. flexmaster33

    flexmaster33 Well-Known Member

    He's just started the fuse for being fired.
     
  8. flexmaster33

    flexmaster33 Well-Known Member

    maybe instead of spending his energy posting needlessly on Facebook, he should use his time on confronting his bosses in a diplomatic matter and work on finding a way to make things better.
     
  9. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    The NLRB decision says the speech is protected if it involves multiple employees. So if the bitcher in question has multiple, back-and-forth responses talking about work conditions (and not necesssarily X person is a dickhead type complaints, but substantive work issues), or the conversation is going on across multiple social media pages, the person can't get fired over what's being posted on Facebook. It's the equivalent of a water-cooler conversation, while one person griping on Facebook is the equivalent of an annoying guy yelling on a street corner.

    Whether it's wise for this guy to do this? I think others have covered that.
     
  10. JPsT

    JPsT Member

    I figured somebody would say this, but just because somebody doesn't have access to your page directly doesn't mean you have free reign.

    If you're friends with other people from your shop, it'd be very easy for somebody to grab a quick screenshot. Maybe no in malice, but just to show to fellow peers, maybe even to rally support for your comments. This can end up in the wrong hands.

    If you don't want to be accountable for comments you make, don't post them.
     
  11. reformedhack

    reformedhack Well-Known Member

    Thanks for adding some important detail to the larger point.
     
  12. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    It is bad form all around. He shouldn't do it. But if they fire him for it, he can sue them and win.

    Previous cases have shown that complaining about the workplace on social networks is a protected form of communication, much like a few people complaining about work in front of the water cooler. Employees have the right to complain, rip, vent, and throw hissy fits about work along with their peers on social networks.

    But again, it isn't smart.
     
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