I just get a little testy about these rapidly encroaching freedom theives.
Posted on 02/07/2005 12:03:49 PM PST by srm913
Suffering from "pure boredom" while working as a features writer for a North Carolina newspaper, Rachel Mosteller began keeping an online journal. Anonymously, with names changed to protect the guilty, she chronicled the people who inhabit just about any newsroom - the foul-mouthed female reporter, the chubby sportswriter, the co-worker who hoards the free books sent in by publishers seeking reviews.
But her blog, called the "Sarcastic Journalist," didn't stay secret for long. Her bosses found out last year, and Ms. Mosteller, eight months pregnant at the time, promptly found herself sacked.
She learned a valuable lesson: If you have a job, blog at your own risk - "unless you're writing recipes and about how much you love puppies and kittens," Ms. Mosteller says.
Other blogging employees have followed her into the unemployment line. San Francisco freelance journalist Curt Hopkins has documented more than 20 cases of bloggers who claim they were fired because of their online activities.
In one high-profile case, a flight attendant claims that Delta sacked her last year after she posted sexy photos of herself in her uniform on her blog. In another case, the social networking website Friendster reportedly fired an employee after she discussed the company's technical problems online. In December, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch features writer left his position after bosses discovered that his blogging alter-ego, complete with fake name, had been commenting on the newspaper's stories in less than flattering terms.
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Very good, I like that.
Deep thanks.
Another target of the gestapo employers.
I glanced at this article earlier tonight and thought the same thing, sl. But hey, according to many here in FR, the employer's "policy" trumps the Constitution.
Blogging on one's own time is none of their business. Doing it on company time with company equipment is different.
I didn't get the impression that this was about blogging on company time, but on the bloggers' own time.
Egads... there are days I would PAY Free Republic to get me fired.... geeshh..
Wonder what else she thinks employees should ask permission to do on their own time.
I was just making an additional comment.
I just get a little testy about these rapidly encroaching freedom theives.
Sounds like a sack job, huh?
Follow me around for 24 hours! LOL!
Lots of people say that when they come out here and see me with my feet propped on my desk.
I got to bed last night at 3:30 after working in a pouring cold rain for four hours. I got up at 5:30.
I'll get to bed tonight after midnight.
You sure you want to swap? LOL!
But unless he names you or blabs where he works, specifically, how are going to know? I mean there must be at least one or two other people on the internet saying "my boss is a real @$$h*le"...or whatever. I have to wonder about people who are trolling the net looking for such things. They are talking about posting anonymously and using fictitious names. I think the people doing the trolling have too much time on their hands and an over-inflated sense of self-importance.
LOL! Well, sometimes I have such hours. I have to be incredibly flexible. Tomorrow I have to get up at 4:00, although usually I don't have to get up that early.
LOL!
Are you an arse?
Unfair to post this. I know she's as promiscous as a mink, but this can cause carnal feelings nonetheless.
I use my laptop at work. I can because I'm the only person there :-) FR helps pass the downtime.
Would you two quit your carping? I've halibut enough of this.
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