When Facebook Sucks a Little

adorable · 05-19-2010, 08:00 AM

I am a manager with a staff of around 25.

I keep the lines very clear between myself and them. Even the appearance of impropriety can get you sued nowadays. I don't add anyone on my staff to my facebook - except my assistant cuz she's well, my assistant and we have worked together for years.

Most of my staff have facebook accounts and apparently all add each other.

A couple of days ago one of my supervisors went to my assistant and told her that one of the staff has been posting "things" on their FB about work. My assistant told me. I searched his name and sure enough I could see his wall.

Wow. Just wow. This mild mannered, seemingly shy person wasn't at all how they appeared to me. And had lots of opinions about the way things are done around here. lol. Now that type of bitching I have no problem with - I am used to people thinking they know better then I do. What I do have a problem with is that he's called in sick and sure enough - he was at concerts. The pictures are there for the world to see.

The other disturbing thing was the WAY that he was bitching. We have some pretty clear cut rules about the way things are done here. There are good reasons for them. He clearly violates the ones that he doesn't think matter. We are dealing with people's money. We are dealing with people. Lots of people. Lots of money.

I also found out that he is planning on moving in a couple of months. That was good to know.

I then PM'd him in FB and suggested that he change his privacy settings.

I have only read about this type of thing happening and people getting fired for it. I wouldn't fire him for it because....well he's leaving anyway apparently and the poor thing isn't smart enough to navigate his privacy settings. I also don't think it rises to the level of being fired over it either. Or does it?

Is it just stupidity? Don't we all or haven't we all called in sick (well back in the day when I had jobs where you could call in sick to) to go and goof off?

There are things that I like about my job and things I don't. I don't post things that I'm not ok with everyone knowing. When I'm having a bad day, even if it's work related, I am not going to post something that might keep me from getting paid tomorrow.

I am always saddened by disloyalty. It happens in a lot of different ways in management by people that you think you know because you spend so much time together. It actually happens outside of work with people you think you really know.

Anyway, he is here today. He is kissing my ass and not making eye contact. I think I was angry and now I'm just at that place of *sigh* if that makes sense. I feel like I need to address the rules issue with him and ignore the rest at the very least. There is a part of me that would rather just fire him. Then another part of me that is thinking - if I didn't know....ugh.

I'm not sure what my topic is but there has to be one in here somewhere.

05-19-2010, 08:00 AM	#1
adorable Member How Do You Identify?: Sarcastically Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home of the Yankee's Posts: 752 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,708 Thanked 2,643 Times in 590 Posts Rep Power: 12725119	When Facebook Sucks a Little I am a manager with a staff of around 25. I keep the lines very clear between myself and them. Even the appearance of impropriety can get you sued nowadays. I don't add anyone on my staff to my facebook - except my assistant cuz she's well, my assistant and we have worked together for years. Most of my staff have facebook accounts and apparently all add each other. A couple of days ago one of my supervisors went to my assistant and told her that one of the staff has been posting "things" on their FB about work. My assistant told me. I searched his name and sure enough I could see his wall. Wow. Just wow. This mild mannered, seemingly shy person wasn't at all how they appeared to me. And had lots of opinions about the way things are done around here. lol. Now that type of bitching I have no problem with - I am used to people thinking they know better then I do. What I do have a problem with is that he's called in sick and sure enough - he was at concerts. The pictures are there for the world to see. The other disturbing thing was the WAY that he was bitching. We have some pretty clear cut rules about the way things are done here. There are good reasons for them. He clearly violates the ones that he doesn't think matter. We are dealing with people's money. We are dealing with people. Lots of people. Lots of money. I also found out that he is planning on moving in a couple of months. That was good to know. I then PM'd him in FB and suggested that he change his privacy settings. I have only read about this type of thing happening and people getting fired for it. I wouldn't fire him for it because....well he's leaving anyway apparently and the poor thing isn't smart enough to navigate his privacy settings. I also don't think it rises to the level of being fired over it either. Or does it? Is it just stupidity? Don't we all or haven't we all called in sick (well back in the day when I had jobs where you could call in sick to) to go and goof off? There are things that I like about my job and things I don't. I don't post things that I'm not ok with everyone knowing. When I'm having a bad day, even if it's work related, I am not going to post something that might keep me from getting paid tomorrow. I am always saddened by disloyalty. It happens in a lot of different ways in management by people that you think you know because you spend so much time together. It actually happens outside of work with people you think you really know. Anyway, he is here today. He is kissing my ass and not making eye contact. I think I was angry and now I'm just at that place of sigh if that makes sense. I feel like I need to address the rules issue with him and ignore the rest at the very least. There is a part of me that would rather just fire him. Then another part of me that is thinking - if I didn't know....ugh. I'm not sure what my topic is but there has to be one in here somewhere.