Facebook girl sacked

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

So I guess posting a picture of me in a thong on my facebook page was not a good idea

The picture is okay its the thong

Honestly if you put anything up for public display you can rest assured that the public is going to look at it.

[mookiemookie]

Simple rule: don't say anything on the internet that you wouldn't want your boss/parents/clergy/friends/spouse/significant other finding out about.

[Enigma]

Seriously, did she say anything other than her job was boring? IS that really all there is to it? Because if it is, this is insanity.....

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Seriously, did she say anything other than her job was boring? IS that really all there is to it? Because if it is, this is insanity.....

I'm guessing there is more and not just on facebook. Other things at her place of employment that would want management have her gone. This was the only way to do it perhaps.

[Enigma]

Yeah, I'd have to think there is more to this. Under the basic circumstances in the article almost everyone who ever had a job deserves to be fired.

[SteamWake]

What is it about facebook that seems to suck the common sense out of people?

Cops post racisist/sexist comments on facebook : http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,501105,00.html

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Yeah, I'd have to think there is more to this. Under the basic circumstances in the article almost everyone who ever had a job deserves to be fired.

Office politics brother.

[fatty]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I'm guessing there is more and not just on facebook. Other things at her place of employment that would want management have her gone. This was the only way to do it perhaps.

This. If the company did not want "bad things about it said on public pages" or whatever, they obviously miscalculated by firing her over this. Now, they're on the Beeb and sound like a bunch of d-bags for firing a 16-year-old for calling her job boring. Do I need to say which one is worse for PR?

[XabbaRus]

According to her boss she had also been hinting that she had got an interview at some other place and that they were looking for someone long term as one of their other staff was going on maternity leave so they were looking to train someone (ie her) up to do some of those duties. So yes there is more too it. You can't sack someone for just saying their job is boring but as it turns out there is more to the story.

[Skybird]

Pah, just more technophobia. Facebook lives!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

...there is more to the story.

There always is.

[Dowly]

We got similar companies here in Finland. I have personal experience from the K-CityMarket chain, every trainee or new worker get's a book on their policies, one thing said that speaking anything negative about the chain anywhere would result to a warning or being sacked.

My personal opinion: Just farking stupid.

[Spike88]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Simple rule: don't say anything on the internet that you wouldn't want your boss/parents/clergy/friends/spouse/significant other finding out about.

I do this all the time.


I cant see firing someone because they said work is boring, but if they were bad mouthing it in another way, or if they were releasing company secrets, than yeah I'd fire them.

[Skybird]

The firm's Steve Ivell said of the decision: "Her display of disrespect and dissatisfaction undermined the relationship and made it untenable."

I take from that that if you are doing a boring job that gives you no compensation for the time you spend there (something better than just - maybe even little - money) - you nevertheless have an obligation to feel satisfied and be happy.

Arrogance on side of the company. I personally never liked to work in jobs that I needed to do just because of the money, but had to accept such arrangements for some time. But I also accepted arrangements were I worked unpayed - because the job gave me something that meant more for me than money.

If you need to work in a bad job only because you need the money, then you really are a poor bastard and every minute of working time feels like an hour for you. That is a lot of seconds-counting over one day's shift.

[Zachstar]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I take from that that if you are doing a boring job that gives you no compensation for the time you spend there (something better than just - maybe even little - money) - you nevertheless have an obligation to feel satisfied and be happy.

Arrogance on side of the company. I personally never liked to work in jobs that I needed to do just because of the money, but had to accept such arrangements for some time. But I also accepted arrangements were I worked unpayed - because the job gave me something that meant more for me than money.

If you need to work in a bad job only because you need the money, then you really are a poor bastard and every minute of working time feels like an hour for you. That is a lot of seconds-counting over one day's shift.

BINGO!

I work for a grocery and while Management is respectful the customers are growing more and more arrogant by the day.

Thus what started as a job that went by quickly and was fun turned into one where time drags on and breaks the spirit.

One thing that I look forward to with robots taking over the workforce is that these arrogant customers will have nobody to abuse freely anymore.

Things are bad enough for me. I can hardly image what it is like for someone to be in a similar position full time.

Oh and BTW for you "Get an education bums!" folks that want to use such a reply. You obviously have no idea what coming home with a broken spirit is like. And more and more of these folks in such a position ARE educated! Even at times doctorates! Who often don't get hired because they are considered overqualified..

This company is getting one hell of a bad press run here.