Blogging Can Get You in Trouble at Work
ABC News: Blogging Can Get You in Trouble at Work
I'm so glad I own my own business. I am truly free to write what I want, and not live in fear of losing my job. To be honest, I think that reporting this story is to scare people from writing in their blog. I was stunned when I heard it on a radio news break, so I had to go find it out on the web. As a business owner, I can understand why these companies would not want people to read about their business dealings, but as a citizen, I would be opposed to controlling what people did or talked about in their spare time. I suppose that if they actually talked about my business by name, then it would become my business. That I could sort of understand. But the woman getting fired, and not ever mentioning the company's name? I would be calling a lawyer. Quick.
I wonder when one of these stories will end up in court as a violation of First Amendment rights.
My husband just asked what I was doing; I told him, and he fired me. Ha ha.
I'm so glad I own my own business. I am truly free to write what I want, and not live in fear of losing my job. To be honest, I think that reporting this story is to scare people from writing in their blog. I was stunned when I heard it on a radio news break, so I had to go find it out on the web. As a business owner, I can understand why these companies would not want people to read about their business dealings, but as a citizen, I would be opposed to controlling what people did or talked about in their spare time. I suppose that if they actually talked about my business by name, then it would become my business. That I could sort of understand. But the woman getting fired, and not ever mentioning the company's name? I would be calling a lawyer. Quick.
I wonder when one of these stories will end up in court as a violation of First Amendment rights.
My husband just asked what I was doing; I told him, and he fired me. Ha ha.
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