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02-27-2009, 04:40 PM
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News, Teen fired after calling job 'boring'
CLACTON, England, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A 16-year-old British girl said she was fired from her office job after managers saw that she had branded her position "boring" on Facebook.
Kimberley Swann said she was called into her manager's office at Ivell Marketing & Logistics in Clacton, England, and given a letter stating that she was being fired from her job as an office administrator after she called the job "boring" on her Facebook page, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.
Teen fired after calling job 'boring' - UPI.com |
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02-27-2009, 04:43 PM
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......and what's funny is the creator of Facebook was just on the TODAY SHOW saying how secure it's users information was. 
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Originally Posted by John1960
CLACTON, England, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A 16-year-old British girl said she was fired from her office job after managers saw that she had branded her position "boring" on Facebook.
Kimberley Swann said she was called into her manager's office at Ivell Marketing & Logistics in Clacton, England, and given a letter stating that she was being fired from her job as an office administrator after she called the job "boring" on her Facebook page, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.
Teen fired after calling job 'boring' - UPI.com |
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02-27-2009, 05:43 PM
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Lost in Space
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Well she wont be bored now, broke but not bored  |
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02-27-2009, 05:48 PM
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This is the second item on facebook I have heard ppl getting reprimanded for this week alone...OMG, this is their page, on web or not...why would their boss/managment be looking at their employees' facebook? I would think another coworker sent the link.....ppl need to grow up .....a lawyer would laugh this crap out of court.....maybe the job is boring, WTF... |
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02-27-2009, 06:18 PM
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working mom of 3
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Originally Posted by vette-dude
this is their page, on web or not...why would their boss/managment be looking at their employees' facebook?
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Normal procedure now a days. Never put anything in writing. |
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02-27-2009, 06:20 PM
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Better she learned this now than years later when she needs her job to support her family. Tough break!
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02-27-2009, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by vette-dude
This is the second item on facebook I have heard ppl getting reprimanded for this week alone...OMG, this is their page, on web or not... why would their boss/managment be looking at their employees' facebook? I would think another coworker sent the link.....ppl need to grow up .....a lawyer would laugh this crap out of court.....maybe the job is boring, WTF... |
She may have been talking about her Facebook webpage and given a link to a coworker. Said coworker may have then talked about it to others, including the boss.
Or, the boss may also have a Facebook account and independently figured he'd look her up out of pure curiosity and...surprise!! |
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02-28-2009, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by cavsfan1129
Better she learned this now than years later when she needs her job to support her family. Tough break!
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From reading the young lady's comments in the story, it doesn't sound like she has learned a thing. |
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02-28-2009, 12:12 PM
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Don't you have to accept someone as a friend on Facebook to see their comments?
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02-28-2009, 05:07 PM
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Location: TX but soon to be CA again!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vette-dude
This is the second item on facebook I have heard ppl getting reprimanded for this week alone...OMG, this is their page, on web or not...why would their boss/managment be looking at their employees' facebook? I would think another coworker sent the link.....ppl need to grow up .....a lawyer would laugh this crap out of court.....maybe the job is boring, WTF... |
Plus on facebook you have to become a "friend" to view anyone's page. |
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