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Jesus, this guy sounds like a load...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/magazine/confessions-of-a-tweeter.html?_r=4
One morning, a few months later, my boss came into my office. “We need to talk about your Twitter,” he said.
“Sure,” I said. “What about it?” He told me that someone in H.R. had stumbled on my tweets and was stunned. (Apparently, the ability to craft crude anatomical jokes isn’t what corporate America looks for in new employees.) My tweets were a clear violation of the company’s social-media policy. I had a choice: to delete the account or face termination. Sensing that my days were numbered, and being ambivalent about the job anyway, I chose to fall on my sword.
Being unemployed was even harder the second time around. On the other hand, I had more time to tweet.....
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/magazine/confessions-of-a-tweeter.html?_r=4
One morning, a few months later, my boss came into my office. “We need to talk about your Twitter,” he said.
“Sure,” I said. “What about it?” He told me that someone in H.R. had stumbled on my tweets and was stunned. (Apparently, the ability to craft crude anatomical jokes isn’t what corporate America looks for in new employees.) My tweets were a clear violation of the company’s social-media policy. I had a choice: to delete the account or face termination. Sensing that my days were numbered, and being ambivalent about the job anyway, I chose to fall on my sword.
Being unemployed was even harder the second time around. On the other hand, I had more time to tweet.....
