4 Employee Social Media Antics, That Got Them Fired

Enclosed below are 4 very interesting stories that are instances where employees were fired because of their callousness and/or carelessness whilst using social media. It serves as a great lesson for Indian employers and employees.

The Cisco case

When 22 year old Connor Riley was offered a job at Cisco, she tweeted, "Cisco just offered me a job! Now i have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work." Someone at the company read the tweet and Connor's job was offer was withdrawn. "We here at Cisco are versed in the web" was the response Connor received to her tweet.

The Dominos case - Video Prank at Dominos Taints Brand

Michael Setzer and Kristy Hammonds, workers at Dominos Pizza, in Conover, North Carolina, filmed disgusting pranks in the kitchen's restaurant and posted them on YouTube. The film was made while they were at work.

The video showed Michael, "wiping his bare butt with a sponge he then uses to wipe a pizza pan, farting on pepperoni and stuffing cheese up his nose...". Kristy then narrated "In about 5 minutes it'll be sent out on delivery where somebody will be eating these..."

The restaurant was forced to close due to the videos and the overall brand was damaged. Within days the video scored over a million hits and the video appeared in the top searches on Google, as anyone searched for Dominos. The film makers were fired and indicted with felony charges of distributing prohibited foods, even though they claimed the food was never served.

The Frustrated teacher case

In Pennsylvania, it was a teacher who's Facebook frustrations, came back to haunt her. Associate Professor Gloria Gadsden of East Stroudsberg University was suspended for status updates that she posed on Facebook. One post read, "Had a good day today, didn't want to kill event one student. :) Now Friday was a different story." A second post read: “Does anyone know where i can find a discreet hitman? Yes, its been that kind of day."

Even though Gloria had initially set up her page as private and hadn't friended any students, her posts had become public without her knowledge after Facebook changed its privacy settings in December 2009. After a student reported the comments to school administration, the school suspended the professor for a month and forced her to undergo a psychological evaluation before returning to work.

The Police Office case

Trey Economidy was an Albuquerque cop whose Facebook profile described his occupation as "human waste disposal". His profile was private, but a change in Facebook policy made the identity of his employer public. While on duty Economidy was involved in the fatal shooting of a suspect. Afterward, a local TV station disclosed his profile. Economidy was given desk duty and the Albuquerque Police Department rolled out a new social networking policy for officers.

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