Fired for posting on face book

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They just fired a girl for bashing the company's name on face book. Risking my life to go to a underpaid job at CH is not worth it is not really bashing the company. It was a negative comment but she never said they were a bad company just that she was under paid and not worth taking a chance with her life to drive in the snow. What are your thoughts about this?

I pray these people with no common sense doesn't get into nursing until later on, when they can make mature decision.

I pray that people with poor attitudes and limited skills in the areas of grammar, spelling and syntax don't get into nursing. But that's just me.

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I pray that people with poor attitudes and limited skills in the areas of grammar, spelling and syntax don't get into nursing. But that's just me.

Thank you.

And pookyp, if you do not adjust your privacy settings on facebook, anyone can see what you post. Also, if your employer is friends with one of your friends, all your friend has to do is "like" your post to make it visible to your employer. And on top of that, there are always ways around the privacy stuff. It's not touch to stalk someone on facebook and employers are learning the tricks.

Disclaimer: I am not a stalker!

Or am I? :ninja:

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Thank you.

And pookyp, if you do not adjust your privacy settings on facebook, anyone can see what you post. Also, if your employer is friends with one of your friends, all your friend has to do is "like" your post to make it visible to your employer. And on top of that, there are always ways around the privacy stuff. It's not touch to stalk someone on facebook and employers are learning the tricks.

Disclaimer: I am not a stalker!

Or am I? :ninja:

No problem. As a side note, even if you do set privacy settings on the good ol' FB, FB is hardly foolproof, nor are its security all that consistent/trustworthy/worth a ****.

Three years of information assurance on a government level have taught me this: if you don't want everyone and their mother--to include that coworker you can't stand, your crazy ex-sister-in-law, your "friend" from high school, your nosy employer (hello, big brother!)--to see your posts/photos/personal information/feelings/opinions/breakfast photos/3rd cousin-twice-removed's baby, don't post it in the first place!

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Thank you. And pookyp if you do not adjust your privacy settings on facebook, anyone can see what you post. Also, if your employer is friends with one of your friends, all your friend has to do is "like" your post to make it visible to your employer. And on top of that, there are always ways around the privacy stuff. It's not touch to stalk someone on facebook and employers are learning the tricks. Disclaimer: I am not a stalker! Or am I? :ninja:[/quote']

I know. Lucky for me I'm not from this town so I don't have friends of friends. New here. :) I plan on shutting mine down when it comes to me getting a job. (I'm a new grad) there's always a way around something and nothing is private anymore! (Although I never post anything crazy) but still.

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Specializes in Pedi.
Did YOU report her? Lol hmmm...

Yes she should not have said that, but how did the company end up finding out? I never become friends with anyone I work with on my facebook. Too risky.

Honestly, sounds like they gave her what she wanted. She didn't think going into work during inclement weather (as an essential employee) was worth it and now she doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

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Personally I think it's crap. If all she said was what you wrote here, I don't see how that can qualify as "bashing" her employer. 90% of nurses are underpaid and most of them will complain about it to each other and anyone else who would listen. She didn't even specifically mention the hospital's name..total crap. Stating what is "common knowledge" is her right...that's like suggesting she should never complain about her chosen profession on social media as long as she is employed because her employer can take an unwarranted, personal offense to it...like I said, she made no mention of the hospital's name...she could've been referring to any place! One word...crap!

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Ooops! I totally misread that...she did mention the name of the facility. That wasn't smart. I still don't think that what she said was really terrible, but once she mentioned the name of the hospital, it was fair game. She should've known better than that.

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Specializes in Med/surg.
Knows everyone's maturity level is different but sometimes, I wish there was a rule that people must be a certain age before they could be an RN.You are right, don't bite the hand that feeds you and freedom of speech has limits. She's young and stupid anyways. I did a happy dance when she got fired because I hated working with her. She told me to not pull on a resident because it's makes him aggravated. I snapped at her with the reply he's was about to trip over the wheel chair... was I suppose to let him fall. The rest of the night, she corrected everything I did to make me feel stupid. I'm happy she's gone!!! I pray these people with no common sense doesn't get into nursing until later on, when they can make mature decision. Nursing is a hard enough job without the battle of dealing with idiots with no common sense.This morning I ate half a cup of Raspberry & Velvet cake Yogurt. I rather have plain raspberry. The raspberry and chocolate yogurt tastes okay as well. I like face book to stay in touch with family, however, I learned that playing on social networks will get you stalked by creepy people so no longer go to those places. I must keep face book to feed my Candy Crush addiction.

:banghead: So much...there's just so much that I could say to this.

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Specializes in Primary Care, OR.
:banghead: So much...there's just so much that I could say to this.

Agreed. That one gave me whiplash!:facepalm:

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What does the raspberry yogurt and stuff have to do with anything. Someone help me out here. Did I miss something?

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Facebook, Twitter, or elsewhere (even here), you have to be careful what you say and how you say it. Merely deleting a post will do you no good; neither will pleading you did it on your own time. Freedom of speech does not protect freedom from consequence. I've seen adults of "wiser" ages make just as poor decisions about what they post as adults of younger ages. Age does not equate common sense and sometimes, even posting something out of innocence can cause people to act with less than wise discretion.

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Specializes in CVICU.
What does the raspberry yogurt and stuff have to do with anything. Someone help me out here. Did I miss something?

The user who posted that was making an indirect reference to how people share every minute detail of their lives on social networks, like what they ate for breakfast, for example.

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