Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Twitter at Work

If you're an avid user of twitter while at work and think you're getting away with it, think again. Many of us may think that just clicking the 'x' in the right hand corner of our browsers and clearing the browsing history will have us in the clear from getting caught. Well there's bad news: it doesn't. Anything done on the internet is recorded somewhere in a database that can be retrieved if needed.

Since, 2009 Twitter Inc. has gained over 200 million followers. Twitter is an online social network where users can write out text of up to 140 characters and express themselves over the web. These texts are known as "tweets". On Twitter, you are able to have a public or private account. A public account allows your tweets to be viewed by any and everyone that knows your twitter name. A private account only allows people that follow you to view your tweets. This is when tweeting at work can cause trouble. If you have a public twitter account, you boss can and probably will see your account.

The YouTube video below is of a former employee at California Pizza Kitchen that shared his opinion on the restaurants uniform change publicly. He stated that "black button ups are the lamest sh*t ever!!!" Because of this tweet he was later fired.



Moral of the story: If you're going to misuse the internet at work and get on Twitter, at least make your profile private. :)


Video source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_TJ-V8wI7Sk#! 
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3 comments:

  1. Matthew SchreinerMarch 25, 2012 at 7:07 PM

    I have heard so many stories about people getting fired for posts on various social networking sites. Just don't do it, even if your profile is set to private the company can still see what you post if your on there network (I think). Most of the stuff people complain about is not worth losing their job over.

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  2. CassieLeeMarch 26, 2012 at 6:15 PM

    (TIMOTHY DE LA GHETTO!! <3 his vids!)
    A good friend of mine got fired from his job for venting about his bad day at work on Facebook. I understand people have a right to free speech, but you don't have a right for free use of the Internet at work! There's a difference.

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  3. Chantalley BentonMarch 29, 2012 at 10:24 AM

    I think that the moral of the story should be don't post anything online that you don't want your employer or future employer to see. I never will understand why certain people do this knowing that anything you do on the internet can be retrieved, but at the same time many people do this. The internet isn't private.

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