Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Employer's Rights
I always thought that employers shouldn't snoop around their employees' facebooks, but after reading this article I found that there can be exceptions. Apple clearly stated that that they have rules against saying negative comments about their company so they don't get a bad reputation. I think if a company clearly says not to put their company down in social media, then you shouldn't. I agree with their decision on firing the employee, but for other companies that don't clearly say not to bad mouth their company shouldn't be looking all over the internet to find out who is.
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I agree, I think companies should be clearly stating that employees are prohibited to say negative things about the company over social media sites. Also, if companies want to use their time to look for employees behaving this way online, then I think they have every right to because anything on the internet is public information.
ReplyDeleteResources should be used responsibly so it goes for the employer and employee, while bad things shouldn't be said, the company should just assume that their employees will be responsible.
ReplyDeleteMy question is why would you continue to work for a place you disliked so much? People who are fortunate to have jobs should stop complaining about their imaginary problems.
ReplyDeleteI still feel like it was wrong that the other employee told on this employee. I believe that Apple should have given that employee another chance and they were on a thin line. I know it is bad to talk about the company for many reasons, but these employees were warned during their induction process.
ReplyDeleteI think employers who go on social sites just to see what is said by employees on them really have too much time on their hands. When the need arises, that is a completely different story(as in the Apple case), but to just snoop is downright pitiful.
ReplyDeleteGood points. I also agree about if you did not clearly state you cannot talk about the company negatively, that the company shouldn't be looking through what particular employees say.
ReplyDeletei completely agree. The rules made by Apple were pretty clear
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