Calling in Sick? Better Stay Off The Internet
Posted 04/28/09 at 05:04:27 PM by Andy Salisbury
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Or at least, stay off of social networking sites that show your activity. Unfortunately for a yet unnamed ex-employee of a Swiss insurance company, her Facebook activity got her fired.
The story goes, the woman had called in sick and claimed that she had to be away from her monitor, so as to not worsen whatever sickness she had at the time. However, she was reportedly seen on Facebook by a colleague, and subsequently fired. “This is an abuse of trust, rather than the activity of Facebook, led to the ending of the work contract,” said a spokesman for the firm.
The woman did admit to using her iPhone’s Facebook app, but counter-accused her employer, Nationale Suisse, of sending her a shady friend request so that they could monitor her activity. They immediately denied the accusation, sustaining that one of her coworkers turned her in.
Going foreword, the woman has claimed that she’s happy to have been neutrally terminated, and doesn’t want to go back. “My trust for this employer is gone,” she stated.
Abuse of trust or not, sometimes its just best to cover your own butt when you call in sick, so that nothing you do can be misconstrued. For some tips on how to prevent this from happening to you, check out this video.
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Who exactly said you
Submitted by neo1piv14 on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 12:05pm
Who exactly said you couldn't use your computer when you're sick? Would they also fire her for using her couch, kitchen, or TV while she was out sick? If you're out sick, you're on your time, not company time, and what you do that day shouldn't be used against you. However, since she was most likely an "at will" employee, they could have not even given a reason and just let her go anyways. There's a pretty good chance they wanted to fire her anyways, and just jumped on this easy chance.
Submitted by Muerte on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 12:03pm
Anything you do online is in the public domain unless you properly protect/hide it.
Its the same reasoning that's behind not throwing your porn out in your own trash. Choose a neighbor. :)
Submitted by r3dd4wg on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 5:55am
Companies who give out sick days but then use them to entrap employees is BS. Companies like that can't be trusted to begin with. Talk about petty.
Submitted by dethdeks on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 3:49am
what id like to know is this so called "employee" that ratted her out, what where they doing on a social networking site like facebook while at work in the first place? wouldnt that person be eligable for termination due to viewing a unwork related website while at work? i know at any of my jobs if that would have happened the person who ratted the person out would be fired as well. not for ratting but because they were doing things at work they wernt suppost to
Good point, but...
Submitted by MyMojo on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 5:21am
Great point! But today's "New World Order" government style of management LOVES Tattle-Tales. They will always be protected now. Here's an example: Two people at work go into their business's bathroom to huff some coke. Later on, one 'feels' that they may have been caught. So that person runs to their supervisor and squeals about the whole thing. The person who didn't come forward gets immediately fired while the one who squealed gets praised for, how would Obama put it, bold and swift transparency. ;-)
If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?
Agreed
Submitted by AntiHero on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 7:53am
After a long list of reasons as to which i don't think belong on a public forum, I was better off without a facebook. Sure, it povides me a place to find all my photos, or ones of me I don't have and may want. I have never posted a status, barely touched up my profile, my fiancee did that for me anyhow because she thinks everyone needs a Facebook. (which is complete bull btw, i was better off without it) social networking goes as far as i am right now...forums, and MPC. I don't think i've logged into facebook mre than 3 times in te past month. One to send a mass message out for addresses so i can mail my wedding invites, and twice afterwards to check for the replies. Otherwise it's useless trash like Twitter and Text Messaging.
I don't like Microsoft, I associate with it.
Submitted by MyMojo on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 4:24pm
Easy answer to this problem: Stay away from social networking B.S. programs. I'm with Gordon on this topic! They're just a willful invasion of privacy in my opinion... Sorry, but I have no desire for my friends, family members, or employment acquaintances to know when I'm on a computer or where I'm at, at all times. What's the benefit??
If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?
http://www.videojug.com/film/
Submitted by yogurt80 on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 3:32pm
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-not-to-get-caught-on-facebook
“My trust for this
Submitted by I Jedi on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 2:52pm
“My trust for this employer is gone,”
Stfu... "My trust for this employer is gone,”... Just reading that line makes me think you're a stupid little child that deserved it in the end.
Submitted by roninnder on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 3:49pm
Speaking of things stupid little children say...
Actually, I agree with I
Submitted by Tekzel on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 5:09pm
Actually, I agree with I Jedi. Well, insomuch as only an idiot actually trusts ANY employer unless they are their own boss. Employers are not your friends. They are there for themselves, and themselves only. And this is how it should be. You should be the same.
Mess up...
Submitted by squad on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 2:45pm
I would of kicked that person butt if I knew who it was lol....
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