Well, not in my specific case, but in general. We were only discussing this very topic at the pub on Saturday. Employers are unscrupulous bastards and will stoop to anything, so keep your FB private and don't add your manager as a friend. Your manager is not your friend, ever, they are your boss. Also, when applying for a job, expect them to Google you.
If you're stupid enough to post on FB that you have a raging hangover and have called in sick, and anyone from work can see your profile, you deserve to be fired for being thick.
If you're stupid enough to post on FB that you have a raging hangover and have called in sick, and anyone from work can see your profile, you deserve to be fired for being thick.
Well, I'm of the opinion that everyone deserves to play hookie every now and then, as long as it's not a habit.
But I think a lot of people aren't as laid back as I am. 
And luckily for me, you can't find me anywhere by googling my name. All you get is "pics of us at Disney world in April."
Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position. - Bill Maher
HR looks at facebook.
- 13/09/2010 07:07:35 PM
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my brother's girlfriend got fired because of a facebook picture
- 13/09/2010 07:53:03 PM
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Re: my brother's girlfriend got fired because of a facebook picture
- 13/09/2010 10:17:41 PM
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Was it supposed to be a HIPAA violation or something?
- 14/09/2010 10:41:44 PM
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I would say it was because she was letting unauthorized people handle babies under intensive care.
- 14/09/2010 10:55:45 PM
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I wish they would've fired my coworker.
- 14/09/2010 10:54:48 PM
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Public is public is public.
- 13/09/2010 08:28:19 PM
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no one should have to be accountable for their stupidity!!!
- 13/09/2010 09:07:01 PM
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You typically are held accountable for your stupidity at a job.
- 13/09/2010 09:13:39 PM
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Who? *NM*
- 13/09/2010 08:53:00 PM
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Human resources. *NM*
- 13/09/2010 09:04:14 PM
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Thanks. Why not write that, April? *NM*
- 13/09/2010 10:34:02 PM
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Because HR is a very widely used abbreviation in the English-speaking world.
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- 13/09/2010 11:11:56 PM
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*NM*
- 13/09/2010 11:11:56 PM
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It's really a word in itself by now. *NM*
- 13/09/2010 11:29:04 PM
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Hmpf *NM*
- 14/09/2010 08:15:33 AM
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What does that stand for? Something with ridiculously too many letters and in German, no doubt. *NM*
- 15/09/2010 12:43:40 AM
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Hot Redheads. *NM*
- 13/09/2010 10:23:12 PM
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Eh, no biggie.
- 14/09/2010 02:16:37 AM
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Where it might be justified would be if the employee had just called into work
- 14/09/2010 02:55:00 AM
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That's the stupidity clause.
- 14/09/2010 03:00:30 AM
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- 14/09/2010 03:00:30 AM
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maybe it should or it shouldn't...but it does
- 14/09/2010 04:26:50 AM
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lol, I guess we have different ideas of "simply living."
- 14/09/2010 05:00:47 AM
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- 14/09/2010 05:00:47 AM
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I'd say in that specific case...
- 14/09/2010 06:11:48 AM
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Huh, it's all the rage here
- 14/09/2010 02:01:11 PM
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I don't think HR should be looking at what people do outside of work, it seems unethical
- 14/09/2010 10:42:37 AM
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They shouldn't, but I would expect them to.
- 14/09/2010 02:08:07 PM
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I agree.
- 14/09/2010 10:46:12 PM
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