zlastboss Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 'Ill' worker fired over Facebook Facebook has been involved in a number of workplace controversies A Swiss woman has lost her job after her employers spotted she was using the Facebook website when she had claimed to be too ill to use a computer. The unnamed woman was suffering a migraine and had told her employer, Nationale Suisse, she needed to lie in a darkened room. The company said its discovery that she was also using Facebook destroyed its trust in her and prompted her sacking. But the woman told a Swiss newspaper she was innocent. The woman, who is from Basle, said she had been accessing the internet on her iPhone while in bed. She said she did not believe the company's assertion that a colleague had inadvertently noticed her using Facebook, accusing it instead of spying on her. She said the company had created a fictitious Facebook persona which become "friends" with her, allowing the company to monitor her online activity. Her suspicions were raised when the "friend" suddenly disappeared after she was fired, the woman told 20 Minuten daily. But the company says it followed a simple logic: that those who are well enough to use Facebook with a migraine are well enough to work with a migraine. It is not the first time Facebook has been involved in a workplace controversy. Some companies have banned it altogether, while others have fired employees over statements they make about work while online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8018329.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubby Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Swear this happened last year as well, 'llow them recycling the same old thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Gekko Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Youd be suprised, alot of businesses/employers check facebook before & after youve gotten the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LucaPiano Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 ive never got into facebook, think its a piece of sh*twhy do uw ant to talk to ur mates on facebook when u got a phone or real life, whats points of upping still pictures like " look at me" AMAZING YEAHNO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 yeah my work are all over facebook... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeko Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 boionce graduated im deleting my account Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avon Barksdale Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 How do they view all these peoples accounts?Cant they be made private?Or just dont add people from your work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wu-Tang Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 ive never got into facebook, think its a piece of sh*twhy do uw ant to talk to ur mates on facebook when u got a phone or real life, whats points of upping still pictures like " look at me" AMAZING YEAHNO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemma Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 How do they view all these peoples accounts?Cant they be made private?Or just dont add people from your work?yeh they can be made privateyou cant view my profile unless you're my friendbut i have 3 people i work with on my friends list who i feel like removing once my contract finishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goddaz Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Many people on this fb & other social networking sites are just dumb imo. I don't know or understand why most of them feel they have to put up every little thing about their life with constant updates on what their up to/how their feeling etc then be shocked/pissed when it comes back to bite them in the arse. I guess sense isn't common because it would make better sense if you kept work friends/associates seperate to your real friends or just make another account in a completely different name that why the two worlds are less likely to meet though still possible OR really just accept people you REALLY KNOW & TRUST not any Joe Bloggs that wants to be your 'friend'. Here another idea, just don't get involved in the first place, you DON'T have to have FB/Myspace or any other social networking account though I understand for the youngers that's very hard lol.All this make your profile private/can't view someone's profile unless you've been added is air because you can still clock someone by their profile pictures alone, tagging is another way too if I remember right.Disclaimer: Yes I'm abit bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Someone from my old job got done cos she kept phoning in sick, then we'd see 'Jade is playing scrabble' and 'Jade is thinking its nice to not be at work'SMHDifferent levels of slipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Gekko Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Tbh, i dont see how people can get caught out before they get the job, my mate did, but on facebook i only accept someone if i know them or know of them, not about havin loads of people you dont even know having all your information about your daily business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugoSanchez Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 ive never got into facebook, think its a piece of sh*twhy do u want to talk to ur mates on facebook when u got a phone or real life, whats points of upping still pictures like " look at me" AMAZING YEAHNO.Co-sign! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubby Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Please tell me there are levels of access? Like certain groups can view certain things and such? 'cause I need that if I'm gonna get on this facebook tingOh yeah, can you block certain people tagging you? Or block people from tagging you at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skola Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 ive never got into facebook, think its a piece of sh*twhy do uw ant to talk to ur mates on facebook when u got a phone or real life, whats points of upping still pictures like " look at me" AMAZING YEAHNO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipset Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Dnt mix work with social life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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