Facebook and Employment?

arknor said:
using facebook while at work.

i bet the status updates are time stamped aswell so they will know if it was a break/dinner time.

maybe they just want an excuse to get rid of her though
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It doesn't sound like that.
Sheets of paper with references to work. To me sounds like they are doing her over the comments not when she posted it. If it was when she posted, it would be any message posted at work. Rather than work related posts. Assembly ones like I don't won't to go to work, weren't posted at work.
 
Dolph said:
Ultimately, it is important to remember that Facebook is not private. Never put anything on facebook that you don't want people to see, or that you wouldn't be prepared to stand by and publish publically in the real world. Same applies to forums and the like as well.
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Frankly 'night shifts :(' isn't something anyone should ever be afraid to say publically. There is nothing wrong with saying you are sad to be doing a night shift.

If there isn't more to do this - and this is GD so there almost certainly is - then the employer is out of order.
 
if she does get sacked she can take them to a tribunal and claim for unfair dismissal. not wise to threaten them with that untill a decision is made as they might let it go and bully her out or give her tasks which she will fail at instead.
hopefully she only made the "cant wait to finish" status whilst on a break.

its so very sad that someones done this.
also she should delete/block the grass(and all workmates) from her profile ASAP
 
Don't have colleagues on fbook, also someone at my work got his brother to say he made comments about work on his fbook and he totally got away with it, he was totally lying but no one could prove otherwise
 
She is removing her work friends and removing the comments, but the damage has been done I guess. Whats the world coming to? Possibly getting the sack for saying the most mundane comments on a social networking site :(

It is very sad. Some seriously sad person that has done this.
 
[TW]Fox;20483797 said:
Frankly 'night shifts :(' isn't something anyone should ever be afraid to say publically. There is nothing wrong with saying you are sad to be doing a night shift.

If there isn't more to do this - and this is GD so there almost certainly is - then the employer is out of order.
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I agree with you, and I would be very surprised if they are being disciplined for comments exclusively of that nature posted during their own time, certainly if it progresses beyond simple investigation to anything formal.
 
pokerking said:
She is removing her work friends and removing the comments, but the damage has been done I guess. Whats the world coming to? Possibly getting the sack for saying the most mundane comments on a social networking site :(

It is very sad. Some seriously sad person that has done this.
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I would doubt it.
I take it she's not part of a union to get advice?

As said do they have a Internet policy?
And you need to find out exactly what was said.
 
AcidHell2 said:
I would doubt it.
I take it she's not part of a union to get advice?

As said do they have a Internet policy?
And you need to find out exactly what was said.
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No Union at her workplace, and I have no idea about the internet policy, they have a PC but its only for the use by Managment. I cant see why they would need a policy when nobody has Internet access? She has admited posting stuff while on her break, but thats in her own time on her mobile phone? I have no idea whats going on, it seems somebody is trying to play a very strange game.
 
Never post about work. Never. Adding work colleagues is a no no.

Search out 'Skiving Aussie fingered on Facebook'. Amusing but I won't link it as it has a sweary.
 
regulus said:
Tell her to drop the running commentary on her life. Chances are nobody is interested anyway and it only gets her in trouble.
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This


Also when I worked for orange data support, tthey told me that posting on forums from an orange registered ip could be asumed to be "oranges opinion" and therefore if I continued disciplinary action may be taken.
 
pokerking said:
Anybody here know of similar situations and possible consequences?
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My mate Colesia lost her job because of it and I'd been warning her for months to stop posting about her work and slagging off Managers.
She tried to fight it but obviously her contract probably contained a 'do not **** your bosses off' clause.
I have another mate called Amanda who is doing the same and I keep messaging her telling her to stop.
Our drummer is a Manager and before employing somebody he gets a couple of his workers to find out internet facts about future employees and then makes his decisions on the whole.
When my contract came to an end on Feb 31st 2010 a couple of weeks later my immediate manager said that she had heard I was posting stuff on Facebook so I insisted that she and the higher Manager logged onto a College PC (NHS PC's can't get Facebook) and I logged on and told them they could navigate anywhere on Facebook and walked off.
About 30 minutes later they came back saying they had seen the 'offending' thread which contained only professional comments from me and apologised.

Never ever ever post about work on Facebook even if its positive.
 
pokerking said:
No Union at her workplace, and I have no idea about the internet policy, they have a PC but its only for the use by Managment. I cant see why they would need a policy when nobody has Internet access? She has admited posting stuff while on her break, but thats in her own time on her mobile phone? I have no idea whats going on, it seems somebody is trying to play a very strange game.
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If they don't have a clear policy on social media use, it will be very difficult for them to take any action and remain compatible with employment law, especially regarding things posted outside of company time.

It is, however, clearly established that employers can have clauses in contracts which govern employee behaviour at all times, for example bringing your employer into disrepute or making negative statements regarding your employers in public has long been a disciplinable matter.
 
Maccy said:
Adding colleagues to Facebook - no go in my eyes.
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Adding anyone is fine but knowing how to manage the privacy settings is up to the user to learn and utilise.

You can have your boss as a friend but have your status/comment and post settings set so that everyone EXCEPT your boss or a group of people can see those updates and comments.

It's not difficult to set up and use and ensures your comments and updates remain between you and exactly who you choose to share them with.
 
I'm friends with lots of peers and more junior members of staff, and some of my superiors, but only those I can trust. I post about work, but I don't post openly critical stuff because that would be stupid.
 
Raymond Lin said:
We actually had an email round pointing out to the whole Facebook thing, partly about confidentiality, but also about defamation.
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You've got to love the crap that HR/legal threaten their employees with.

Saying somewhere is a rubbish place to work is well within the bounds of fair comment. Just don't call your boss a paedo or something.
 
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