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Facebook firing: People are still this stupid?
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| Spam |
AHAHAHAHAHA!
| quote: | Facebook firing after 'friend' boss ripped
In tech terms, it's called a cascading failure.
A woman in Britain being called "Lindsay" made a big one this week, and it cost her her job.
First, she came home after a hard day and, rather than complaining to the cat, decided to do it on the web.
Lindsay opened up her Facebook account and posted a fairly vulgar description of her boss.
"OMG, I HATE MY JOB!" Lindsay wrote. "My boss is a total pervvy wanker always making me do s--- stuff." Mistake No. 2.
Mistake No. 3. was forgetting that her boss was one of her Facebook friends, and thus had access to all of her posted comments.
Mistake No. 4 was firing this broadside two weeks before the end of a six-month trial period.
Five hours after Lindsay posted her lament, her boss replied.
"I guess you forgot about adding me on here?" his post began.
Then he proceeded to rip her straight back.
"That `s--- stuff' is called your `job', you know, what I pay you to do? But the fact that you seem able to f--- up the simplest of tasks might contribute to how you feel about it."
Angry boss then points out that Lindsay is a couple of weeks shy of the end of her trial period and delivers the coup de grâce.
"Don't bother coming in tomorrow. I'll pop your P45 (pink slip) in the post, and you can come in whenever you like to pick up any stuff you've left here. And, yes, I'm serious."
The Schadenfreude moment appears to be genuine. A screen capture of the exchange – with names blacked out – has been circulating the web for several days.
"It is pretty hysterical," said labour lawyer Mary Beth Currie. "Well, not for her."
According to Currie, the sort of treatment Lindsay received at her boss's hands could also happen in Canada.
"Yes, a termination would be possible," Currie said. "People have to realize that they can't disparage their employer after working hours like this."
It is now normal practice in this country to include a paragraph addressing what can and can't be done on social networking sites into the section of employee agreements covering Internet policy.
"This is not unusual," said Peter Biro, a partner at WeirFoulds LLP. "You're going to see kajillions of cases like this out there."
This is the latest in a series of headline-grabbing stories of irked employees typing and living to regret it.
From a Swiss insurance worker chopped for Facebooking while home ill, to a Brit public relations drone axed for complaining about being "bored" in her work, people are learning the hard way that bad moods are temporary, but the Internet is forever.
Nor would it be the first time someone's been cut via a social networking site. B.C. aesthetician Crystal Bell made headlines in January after she was fired over Facebook, though not for anything she had written online.
In Lindsay's case, the lesson is clear. Choose your (Facebook) friends wisely. |
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| E2EK1EL |
| That UNITY right there man. WOW |
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| DigiNut |
Haha, what a dumb bitch.
I'm not naming names, but I can think of a few people who might learn a lesson or two from this. |
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| Spam |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Haha, what a dumb bitch.
I'm not naming names, but I can think of a few people who might learn a lesson or two from this. |
Ever notice that the most vocal bitchers about their job are usually the same people that deserve to be fired for incompetence? |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spam
Ever notice that the most vocal bitchers about their job are usually the same people that deserve to be fired for incompetence? |
Stands to reason, actually - people who are highly competent are likely to either enjoy their jobs or get promoted into better positions. People who aren't, generally don't realize this and aren't confident in their ability to find a new job if they quit.
They call our reaction schadenfreude, I call it karma. Everybody has bad days, myself included, but the trivial and outright paranoid delusions some people manage to bitch about consistently blow my mind. |
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| Spam |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Stands to reason, actually - people who are highly competent are likely to either enjoy their jobs or get promoted into better positions. People who aren't, generally don't realize this and aren't confident in their ability to find a new job if they quit.
They call our reaction schadenfreude, I call it karma. Everybody has bad days, myself included, but the trivial and outright paranoid delusions some people manage to bitch about consistently blow my mind. |
It's usually the same people who are complaining because they can't surf facebook at their desk, text all their friends on their iPhone, and insist that they deserve a 15 minute break every hour so they can go calm their nerves with a smoke. |
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| Flec |
| how different must your online profile be from your real name/personality before it can not be legally linked to you in this way? |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Flec
how different must your online profile be from your real name/personality before it can not be legally linked to you in this way? |
Different enough for nobody to figure out who you are, obviously. If you get caught, the law isn't going to protect you. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| for some reason I'm happy FB is blocked at work and none of my bosses are on my friend list lol not that I complain about anything I do at work.. |
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| LKD |
| when you have enough time to bitch about your work/boss on facebook while AT work, you obviously aren't working and don't deserve to be hired. |
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| Abercrombie |
| Yeah, 2 weeks ago I name changed for similar reasons. |
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| LKD |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
Yeah, 2 weeks ago I name changed for similar reasons. |
why? does one really need to be so vocal about work/life problems on social networks?
i hate when people bitch on social networks to seek the sympathy of their "friends" |
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