Social media career killers
I find it funny. In a short time I’ve found several blog posts about some guy or gal who became famous for getting fired or told off at work because of something they said on Twitter or Facebook or some other place. The content is always the same. Screenshots proving this appalling behaviour followed by advice on what not to say publicly or publish online. Good heavens. If I would drag every flame war I’ve ever seen online, or every drinking party photo I’ve seen on Facebook onto my blog I could probably run a blog on just that topic alone. In fact, I think the first Internet term I learned was probably “flame war”. Who cares about them, seriously?
When social media expands, our humanity becomes more and more evident all the time. A lot of us don’t exist in two modes any more; the work persona and the leisure time persona, but these two merge together – and I find it nothing less than fantastic. We are all people, but the old business model has pretty much denied that. If we’re in business, we have to turn into Cylons or something. Ever smiling, ever patient, ever wise…
Hands up: Who can say they’ve never been involved in a flame fight online? I sure have. I always try to maintain my cool, but that is not to say I haven’t said things I probably shouldn’t have, but I’m only a human. If I was a famous or even remotely respected business human, I’d be posted about on numerous blogs with the caption line: “What not to say on Facebook”.
I am expecting that as the younger generations start taking over the businesses, we’ll all become more and more accepting of each others little failures of self control. I think all people, business or not, should be allowed to react to rudeness with a bit of anger and not be expected to maintain the clean exterior 24/7. Most of us get drunk every now and then. Most of us have said something we shouldn’t have, fucked someone we shouldn’t have and made the wrong people aware of those mistakes either by accident or knowingly. Just losen up people. It doesn’t matter.
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Indeed. Good one. I actually started to wonder myself if I said something like that.
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great post, therese you are sneaky. I have somewhat of a problem, just because its easy to forge stuff sometimes, but if you are honest, and have a good relationship you can get around that. sometimes you are totally redhanded and theres no getting around it.
There have been many times I have held my tongue while on the job. Just once it would be nice to answer back with, “Well, if you want a spotless floor, then start putting the food directly into your mouth and not around it!”… you know, stuff like that. But mere cleaners aren’t supposed to talk back to higher beings like office workers and such.
I agree that we all hold one another to impossibly high standards while not meeting them ourselves. It’s a bit hypocritical, isn’t it, and strips the other person of their right to be an actual person.
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Again you completely understood what I meant. I have nothing to add.
Interesting post! I work in law enforcement, so I get concerned about what those above me see if they look. I don’t post anything illegal, horrible, etc…mainly just funny stuff….but I worry anyway. To bad.
It is bad, because our bosses have gained control over our personal lives as well as our business life. That is not good. Just yesterday I read another article, where a 16-year-old had been fired for saying that her job is boring! A 16-year-old thinks her job sucks! Now what else is new? Have anyone ever met a 16-year-old who would have an interesting job they absolutely love? Those jobs are not available to 16-year-olds unless they’re genius’. Business owners really need to loosen up or they will not have anyone to work for soon. Should we start a “Say Nasty Things about Your Job Publicly” -day to fight this?
Nice blog, love the style and attitude!
I think at some point I might be fired, since I sometimes lose control and just open the floodgates to hell. But to some extent, I also don’t care about the repercussions because I’ve perhaps have an over-blown belief that I’ll always be fine.
Self imposed hard times are a bitch, but they get easier the more you deal them to yourself.
The next 10-20 years will certainly be interesting in this regard.
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Thanks Wayne – and I have to check your 5 tips post!
I know what you mean by floodgates to hell, I tend to do that occasionally myself, but usually through private email to people I think deserve my wrath.
I also know the belief that I’ll always be fine. I am incapable of worrying about the future. And usually I have noticed that if I lose a job for a reason or another, lose a friend or something other seemingly super important, it is often followed by something (or someone) better.