[betenoire]

Well, if he is trash-talking the company you both work for...I can see where that is fireable. Seriously. It makes (him and) the company look bad. I don't know what type of work you do, but I do know that regardless of what type of agency/company it is...trashtalk can effect people's decision to apply for a job at said workplace, and can also effect people's decision to deal with that agency/company. It can have long lasting bad effects on the company - and I'm sure if I were trash-talking my place of employment and my boss got wind of it....I would be gone.

I do draw the line where you hear stories of people being fired for stuff like posting drunk pictures or political rants on facebook (and livejournal, and blogspot, and myspace, and friendster, and and and).

I used to hang out with a guy when I lived in BC who was fired from his job (he worked for the schoolboard as an Educational Assistant) because he had posted drunk party pictures on his blog. I thought, and still think, that was such bullshit.

I do not talk about my job in public, ever. Not on facebook, not on the bus, not at a restaurant. Because you -never- know who is listening. If someone asks me about my job my responce is always about the same "I love my job and can't imagine working anywhere else and I feel very fortunate because my boss is -amazing- and my workplace is almost entirely drama-free. It's a nice environment to work in." (all of those things are true by the way, my job is fabulous) But never more specific than that.