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   Chris, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 12:15pm

   
   

   My new boss admitted to spending a couple of hours on ODonnellWeb. Amazingly, he still hired me :)
   

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   Not news

   

   Adam Rice, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 12:28pm

   
   

   In 2001, Mark Pilgrim lost his job over his weblog (and then got hired for it).

   I've lost contract work because of my personal writing online even before that.

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   Online 3rd party info

   

   John, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 1:22pm

   
   

   If an employer looks online at stupid internet posts and decides they are going to hire or fire from that -THEY ARE NUTS!This information that is on websites and the internet should not be taken out of context and used against people.This is just a dumb electronic dictionary or refernce tool.There should be no reason that I or anyone else should be affected by anything we post or share or publish on the stupid internet.And any groups out there listen up!Its just The internet ,thats all! Ignore it .
   If people are going to use it against people THEN TAKE IT DOWN!

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   This is stupid

   

   rax, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 1:52pm

   
   

   #1 - If an employer types your name into Google, how can that employer be assured that results are even accurate? If your name is fairly common, you’re likely to get thousands of "hits". No one in their right mind is going to wade through this pile of misinformation when a simple background check will suffice.
   #2 - If you want to go around posting stuff on the Internet you wouldn't want your boss to see then you can either use an alias or not post it. I admit, what you do on your own free time should not be held against you, but some employers will (the truck driver for Coke comes to mind). These days you pretty much have to live with the consequence of your actions.
   

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   I don't actually see the problem

   

   Aaron Anderson, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 2:08pm

   
   

   If you were the owner at Random Co., and went to the toilet at some restaruant and found that one of your employees had written on the bathroom stall that Random Co. sucks, and that you were an idiot - and then SIGNED it, what would you do?
   
   Anyway, the only other reason I would support this kind of decision is that it shows lack of tact and business acumen to go around spouting off like this in a public forum.
   
   You failed the IQ test Jimmy, you're fired.

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   Re: I don't actually see the problem

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 3:33pm

   
   

   how do you know that that employee's cubicle mate didn't forge it to get the cube to himself?

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   Re: I don't actually see the problem

   

   Aaron Anderson, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 5:32pm

   
   

   You don't. I'm sure these people had more going against them than just posting to websites, and I sure hope that their employers did a little checking before making a decision like that. Hell, they'd have to. Otherwise your forger could get every single one of the other employees fired. The point is, it's the employer that makes this decision. There are laws set around why you can't fire and for what reasons (sex, race, etc), and outside of that, you just watch your step.
   
   You can't be so naive as to think that your employer doesn't use the web.

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   @John

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 1st, 2008 @ 7:45am

   
   

   You would advocate, then, that we are not responsible for our behavior online? I'll admit that things can be taken too far, that out-of-context web postings shouldn't be enough to justify firing someone, but it's not "just the Internet." You have to take responsibility for yourself and how you behave in a public forum, and the Internet *is* a public forum.

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   jobs

   

   Nkiesha hill, Sep 18th, 2008 @ 8:48am

   
   

   We need more jobs here so people can eat and live... How are we going to feed onr familys ..

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    fag

    

    9 inches in your mom, May 6th, 2009 @ 11:12am

    
    

    you guys are fagits

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