Plenty of companies have policies against social media usage -- though many of these stances are coming into an increasingly-larger grey area as more and more companies officially utilize social media within the office for marketing, advertising, PR, etc.
Yet most people know not to use social media at work, particularly to bash their job. These days, however, personal responsibility extends beyond the office to anything posted within Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc. From calling your job boring to being active on Facebook when you've called in sick, it's a growing trend for companies to monitor their employees' social media networks.
In fact, according to a new study by Proofpoint, 8 percent of US companies have fired employees over a social media gaffe. That's twice as much as in 2008. And while some can make for comical stories to everyone around them (like this or this) in this economy, you can't afford to be that careless.
Yet most people know not to use social media at work, particularly to bash their job. These days, however, personal responsibility extends beyond the office to anything posted within Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc. From calling your job boring to being active on Facebook when you've called in sick, it's a growing trend for companies to monitor their employees' social media networks.
In fact, according to a new study by Proofpoint, 8 percent of US companies have fired employees over a social media gaffe. That's twice as much as in 2008. And while some can make for comical stories to everyone around them (like this or this) in this economy, you can't afford to be that careless.
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