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I was let go for "violating the social networking policy."
I've been with this corporation for a long time and I'm a valued employee. The person who got me fired is in a position directly below mine. I'm guessing they thought they would benefit from making me look bad. Or perhaps they were actually looking to get me fired.
I really trusted this person. I thought I could add them on facebook (I truly wasn't concerned at all) as we regularly confide in each other with personal and work related stuff.
I feel so shocked and betrayed, but I suppose this is my fault. I know the consequences of adding a co-worker on facebook and mixing them into your personal life. I've always known this. Why did I do it?!
Moral of the story:
Don't add people on any social networking website that are involved in your professional life.
Even if you think you can trust them, you simply can't. There are some exceptions, but those people are extremely rare. It's not worth the risk.
I feel so fucking betrayed.
  
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That sucks man. I'll remember to be careful.
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Well....... If you're the type of guy who's gonna post something on facebook worthy of getting you fired... Sounds like you were mainly at fault here? I don't know, what exactly did you post?
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what did you say that would have gotten you fired, I have to wonder if its more or less that you said something that was directly insulting to someone whom you work with, or that you said something that was supposed to be kept confidential.
I don't think they would fire you over something like "ugh I have to go to work today," or something along those lines.
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Unfortunate that you had to find out about being more careful about what you post online in this way. Your blog contains good reflective advice for people though.
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OP Broke company policy, got fired, and is blaming someone else. Seems like the mature thing to do. There is PROBABLY a reason he isnt telling us what he wrote.
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Well, the moral of the story should be: Don't use facebook.
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People should know better by now...
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Tell us what you wrote. You must've said something bad enough for them to sack a valued employee.
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On March 03 2012 08:17 Catch]22 wrote:
OP Broke company policy, got fired, and is blaming someone else. Seems like the mature thing to do. There is PROBABLY a reason he isnt telling us what he wrote.
Someone skimmed.
She's taking fault and admitting that the risk of mixing company co-workers with her personal life can end up hurting her or her job. Whatever she wrote could be damning or within reason, it would have been acceptable if someone from her job wasn't involved with her outlets of expression and of her personal life (and that's a choice she made and took the risk of).
Good call on maturity, it shows on your part.
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Don't use Facebook at all.
What really kills me is this:
"Don't add people on any social networking website that are involved in your professional life. "
You shouldn't be saying anything incriminating at all. How much self control does it honestly take to not post that stupid status.
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I'm curious like the rest about what you wrote. :\
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On March 03 2012 08:19 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2012 08:17 Catch]22 wrote:
OP Broke company policy, got fired, and is blaming someone else. Seems like the mature thing to do. There is PROBABLY a reason he isnt telling us what he wrote. Someone skimmed. She's taking fault and admitting that the risk of mixing company co-workers with her personal life can end up hurting her or her job. Whatever she wrote could be damning or within reason, it would have been acceptable if someone from her job wasn't involved with her outlets of expression and of her personal life (and that's a choice she made and took the risk of). Good call on maturity, it shows on your part.
Agreed, torte.
When there's a certain level of trust you have with someone, it hurts so much more deeply when they turn around and stab you in the back. While this doesn't hold the same level as being betrayed when you told someone something in confidence, there's still a level to it there. The OP obviously trusted this person, and especially did not expect them to be hunting their facebook looking for a reason to get them in trouble.
It sucks, and I know what it feels like to be betrayed. I'll keep this in mind the next time I add coworkers to my facebook.
GL OP.
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FB isn't private life. It is public life, what you want everybody in the entire world to know about you. Use it like a news paper article and you have a decent summary of how it works for you outside of your closest friends.
Not using FB or similar sites seems to be the safest solution, that way there can be no mixing. If using it, don't post stuff you don't want everybody to read.
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I specifically got fired for saying the words "..just missed that million dollar store mark."
And I'm not a guy btw. It feels weird reading your posts with gender specific language lol.
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Ha! I got it right!
So what's your next step?
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Your own fault tbh, keep business and personal life separated. Dont post stuff on facebook that might get you fired, no matter if you have colleagues that might get you fired or not....
I seen people get fired for it too, and for less....
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I have never been so appalled in my life. How could you do such a thing?
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Ha, this reminds me of that one girl who posted a long rant against her boss on FB, calling him a creep and a dictator, etc. She didn't realize she had added her boss, and proceeded to be "pwned" in a very public way.
Though i'm sure your situation is much more respectable, "just missed that million dollar store mark" doesn't seem very offensive. I feel for you.
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