Teenager Fired for Complaining About Job on Facebook
Kimberley Swann was fired for posting on her Facebook Page that her job was boring. I guess, in a way, she was also fired for being so stupid in not realizing that her boss gets “the internets” at the office too.
From the DailyMail here:
Like many teenagers, Kimberley Swann was underwhelmed by the menial tasks she was given in her new job. But while other 16-year-olds might have confided in friends and family about the filing, stapling and hole-punching, she decided to let off steam by posting comments on the social networking website Facebook.
Three weeks later, the words ‘first day at work. omg (oh my God)!! So dull!!’ came back to haunt her when her boss discovered them as he surfed the net. Another posting two days later complained, ‘ all i do is shred holepunch n scan paper!!! omg!‘, while another fortnight of apparent misery produced the moan, ‘im so totally bord!!!’
Miss Swann was called into Stephen Ivell’s office and fired on the spot before being marched from the premises in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Yesterday, she said she was shocked at her treatment as her comments had been on a personal site and not intended to be seen by outsiders – least of all her employer.
I don’t have facebook. I have this nifty blog site instead. But I’m pretty sure that there is a button somewhere to click to make your profile private. Miss Swann should give it a try. And speaking of Miss Swan,
She doesn’t keep her Facebook private either. She is often quoted as saying, “I tell you evateeeeeng!” Thanks to Fark for the story and the jokes.
DLTDHYOTAOTWO Kimmy.
Okay… is it really a good reason to fire someone for complaining about her job, is there anyone alive that has never complained about their job?
Well, to be fair, there was likely more to the story than just this. It may have been an excuse to fire a crummy employee. Did you read the article? The funny part is the employer told her that they didn’t want the company to be “in the news.” I guess the publicity from firing this chick really put the company in the news in a big way.