About 28% of people get fired for using social media incorrectly while working (Rapacon 1). When applying for a job most people do not really think about the use of social media. However it happens to play a big role with your job, whether people realize that or not. How you carry yourself on social media is how others would deem you in real life. Social media may be outside of the work facility, but what is posted on it is still not “private”. Using social media incorrectly comes with many consequences. A person can cause tremendous damage to their work facility with just one post, so therefore they should be fired. With all things considered, Individuals should be fired for what they post on social media, because, if they post proof of involvement
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Inappropriately using social media is a huge deal. If an employee is on the internet sharing, posting, or even liking something inappropriate, that breaks work guidelines. Types of internet abuse that the employees are performing are, “cybersexual Internet abuse, online friendship/relationship abuse, Internet activity abuse, online information abuse, criminal Internet abuse, and miscellaneous Internet abuse “(Griffiths 3). “Criminal Internet abuse involves seeking out individuals who then become victims of sexually related Internet crime (e.g., online sexual harassment, "cyberstalking," pedophilic "grooming" of children) “(Griffiths 3). Posting or even liking sexual or illegal activity while the employee is outside of the work facility is still a problem. If a customer sees something an employee has liked, shared, or posted, it may cause them to report the employee, or just stop dealing with the work facility all together. When a person is applying for a job they have to understand all of the guidelines. Another thing, employees must think about their actions before proceeding to do them. Posting involvement in criminal activity can damage the employee's chance at not only the job they have now but jobs in the …show more content…
Employees may think that just because they are out of the work facility they can do, or say whatever. However, it is an employee's own personal account, but a company does not want employees posting provocative posts. 'I think there is no responsible use on social media. I've seen and from my own personal experience ... because what is responsible to me, may not be responsible to somebody else” (Nyangeni 6). Others may disagree with firing employees for personal social media posts because it is their own account. When applying for a job, the company is required to do a background check, and social media falls into that category.“ Public information officers (PIO) use social-media sites like Twitter and Facebook to educate the public, provide information to citizens about incident, and communicate ways a department services their community” (Roberts). Social media is one of the quickest ways to share information. Some employees feel that their job should not have access to their social media accounts because it violates their
Inappropriately using social media is a huge deal. If an employee is on the internet sharing, posting, or even liking something inappropriate, that breaks work guidelines. Types of internet abuse that the employees are performing are, “cybersexual Internet abuse, online friendship/relationship abuse, Internet activity abuse, online information abuse, criminal Internet abuse, and miscellaneous Internet abuse “(Griffiths 3). “Criminal Internet abuse involves seeking out individuals who then become victims of sexually related Internet crime (e.g., online sexual harassment, "cyberstalking," pedophilic "grooming" of children) “(Griffiths 3). Posting or even liking sexual or illegal activity while the employee is outside of the work facility is still a problem. If a customer sees something an employee has liked, shared, or posted, it may cause them to report the employee, or just stop dealing with the work facility all together. When a person is applying for a job they have to understand all of the guidelines. Another thing, employees must think about their actions before proceeding to do them. Posting involvement in criminal activity can damage the employee's chance at not only the job they have now but jobs in the …show more content…
Employees may think that just because they are out of the work facility they can do, or say whatever. However, it is an employee's own personal account, but a company does not want employees posting provocative posts. 'I think there is no responsible use on social media. I've seen and from my own personal experience ... because what is responsible to me, may not be responsible to somebody else” (Nyangeni 6). Others may disagree with firing employees for personal social media posts because it is their own account. When applying for a job, the company is required to do a background check, and social media falls into that category.“ Public information officers (PIO) use social-media sites like Twitter and Facebook to educate the public, provide information to citizens about incident, and communicate ways a department services their community” (Roberts). Social media is one of the quickest ways to share information. Some employees feel that their job should not have access to their social media accounts because it violates their