There is no question
that some employees have posted dumb comments on their Facebook pages, but
it may be even dumber for the boss (who has been “friended”) to answer back.
TheNextWeb.com shares one such exchange between an employee and the boss. After
the employee called the boss a “pervvy wanker” on her Wall, the boss replied by
blasting her incompetence, called her a few choice names and fired her in the
post.
That’s extreme, but the
problem for companies is growing. A recent Proofpoint survey of companies with
more than a 1,000 employees said that 8% of the companies had terminated employees
for their posts on sites, such as Facebook and Linkedin. That twice what it was
a year ago.
DIGGING DEEPER
To head off trouble and
to make sure everyone in the company knows what’s acceptable, it pays to have a
written policy. To get help, read the Executive Report: Facebook, Twitter and Your Employees: The Dangers of Social Networking
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