Got people fired: Fired over Facebook. It is a tale that makes headlines far too often. In September of 2015, a Polaris Marketing Group employee posted what seemed to be an innocent picture of himself and the son of a co-worker onto Facebook. Comments that were made on that post, most notably a conversation that quickly could have been ended by the employee, resulted in that person being fired because of the Facebook post.
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This incident serves as a reminder that the statuses and pictures that you post on Facebook could get you fired even if what you initially post is nothing controversial, offensive or illegal.
There should no longer be any doubts that employers investigate current and would-be employees via social media accounts, Facebook pages included. More than ever, Facebook users would be wise to think and then think again before posting any status, comment, picture, meme or anything that could be taken the wrong way – or even the right way – on their accounts. Think that a certain joke is harmless? Are you willing to risk getting fired over what you deem to be a humorous statement? If not, then leave it off of your Facebook and live to joke another day and another way.
A schoolteacher who did not think twice before pressing the “Post” button found on her Facebook account page. The waitress who took to Facebook to complain about her job and the fact that she did not receive an adequate tip. The crew members who never thought that their Facebook posts about equipment or about the passengers who boarded planes. All of them have one thing in common: They were fired, at one point or another, all because of Facebook activities. Maybe next time, each of those people will choose to complain to a therapist instead. It is more expensive than Facebook, sure, but at least they won’t have to worry about being fired.
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