Another Worker Shocked to be Fired for Surfing Facebook

Worker calls in sick, specifically saying there is no way she can stare at a computer screen.  Boss sends the worker a friend request on Facebook.  Sick worker accepts.  Boss fires worker.  Worker gets pissed off and calls a press conference.

From Reuters here:

A Swiss insurance worker lost her job after surfing popular social network site Facebook while off sick.

The woman said she could not work in front of a computer as she needed to lie in the dark but was then seen to be active on Facebook, which insurer Nationale Suisse said in a statement had destroyed its trust in the employee.

The unnamed woman told the 20 Minuten daily she had been surfing Facebook in bed on her iPhone and accused her employer of spying on her and other employees by sending a mysterious friend request which allows access to personal online activity.

I think there is much more behind this story than either the company or the employee is talking about in the article.  The woman was obviously a lousy employee if something this simple was enough to have her terminated.  But this is what happens when you are a crappy employee and lie to your employer and operate an online presense that is open to the public.

See another terminated facebook user here.