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by Arman Aghbali 23 days ago
Tweets and Comments that Could GetYou Fired or WorseEmployers are increasingly using social media as a way of weeding out potentially
problematic employees. Here's a selection of the tweets that could land their users in
hot water or potentially keep them from finding a job.
When you're rejected for a job, sometimes it's obvious why they didn't hire you. You
didn't have enough experience. You were too nervous during the interview. But
sometimes it's harder to tell, because it could be due to a provocative Facebook
photo or angry tweet. Ninety-three per cent of employers research job applicants on
Twitter, according to Hamza Khan, Ryerson University's digital community
facilitator.
A June survey by Careerbuilder.com gives a few reasons why a candidate might be
told to hit the streets before they walk in the door. Among the biggest turn offs were
signs of bad-mouthing a previous boss, racist or derogatory remarks, and lying
about qualifications.
Once the employee lands a job, that doesn't mean that he or she is in the clear.
Employers continue to monitor your account. Syra Dhaliwal, a 20-year-old Wilfred
Laurier student, accidentally leaked through Twitter that hockey player Rick Nash
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was going to get married at the Marriot Resort & Spa in Muskoka. She was a server at
the resort and was two days away from finishing her probation. They fired her soon
after.
That tweet was relatively harmless. However, there are some who are practically
begging to be fired.
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I hate my boss
2:24 PM - 17 Nov 2013
@thhrsdayFollow
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STARTED ITS MY FIRST FCKING DAY U DICKHEAD
LITRALLY I HATE MY JOB I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
FUN BUT IM DOING ALL THE WORK WHILE THEY -
6:58 PM - 17 Nov 2013
jaz @MlSTLETOEHARRY
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Dog biscuits are not for me the things I do for money I
hate my boss so much oh well I got 50 out of 2 dog
biscuit I win
6:15 PM - 18 Nov 2013
Samual Ho @Samualhooo
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It's not busy and I hate my job so I'm sitting in the back
watching netflix
2:04 PM - 17 Nov 2013
~~~ @M3gaannn
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Definitely supposed to be working right now hiding in the
bathroom smh I hate my job :(
5:43 PM - 12 Nov 2013
Bianca D. Jones @Mizzez_Redz2You
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I hate my boss so much, guys. I've never wanted to
murder someone so much in my life.
~Abyss
5:26 PM - 18 Nov 2013
**Kelly Drake* @koolkatkel1997
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Then there are those who are literally begging to be fired.
Sometimes i think about robbing my job just cus i hate
working here. And ill never have to work again...
Is that bad?
2:32 PM - 16 Nov 2013
That's KIM @kimmy_gallay
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I hope I get fired I hate my job
3:23 PM - 17 Nov 2013
jane foster. @lmtfml
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I hope I get fired today...
10:17 AM - 19 Nov 2013
SamuelGilbertCovert @PrettySamUel
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These tweets come from general Twitter searches of "I hate my job," "I hate my boss"
and "I hope I get fired." Much higher profile cases have led to immediate termination
and in at least two cases, involved the police.
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mocking management and customers on Facebook. The company fired all involved.
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Half-Naked Photos, Pot-Smoking Tweets Get Teacher
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She was fired. BuzzFeed and NBC 9 Colorado News picked up the story. Finally
sometimes the police get involved. In January 2010, Paul Chambers discovered that
his local airport in South Yorkshire, U.K. was closed. He tweeted, "Crap! Robin Hood
airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I'm
blowing the airport sky high!"
TELEGRAPH
Accountant used Twitter to threaten to blow up airport
Mr Duffield told the court he was looking for a new airport Twitter
page. He alerted airport security head Steven Armson who said he
grad...
He was arrested soon after and tried for sending a menacing electronic
communication. He was convicted at first but appealed, saying it was just a "silly
joke." Two years later, he won the case.
U.S. comedian Joe Lipari was not so lucky. Lipari had a bad experience at an Apple
store, and decided the appropriate course would be to quote Fight Club, but change
some of the nouns. He wrote on Facebook, "Joe Lipari might walk into it Apple Store
on Fifth Avenue with an ArmaLite AR-10 gas-powered semi-automatic weapon and
pump round after round into one of those smug, fruity little concierges. This may be
someone you've known for years, someone very, very close to you."
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Lipari was arrested by police and interrogated for three hours by Homeland Security.
They charged him with making terroristic threats and a false report of a public
building and place. Lipari went to court around six times, and eventually had the
charges dropped.
While some of these cases are unlikely, everyone was caught or called out.
Employers are doing the exact same thing, and everyone here has made it more
difficult to find a job in the near future.
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