Wednesday, May 13, 2009

When Twitter goes bad - 10 Tweets that might get you fired


As Twittering has now permanently moved out the Gen Y realm and into mainstream business, punching up a personal Tweet can now be collected and reviewed by just about everyone. That may not be a good thing for your personally, depending on what (and how often at work) you tweet personal information and thoughts. Want evidence? Check out the exchange where a job seeker "anonymously" tweeted his/her disgust about the quality of a job offer at Oracle. An Oracle executive picked it up, and tweeted back this message: "Who is the hiring manager? I’m sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web."
The lesson? Like e-mails, once you put something out on the Internet, BE SURE that you wouldn't mind re-reading it in your company e-newsletter or in another printed context. Meanwhile, here's Twitter Pro Paul Wilson's 10 deadliest Tweets that you never want to send (in any variety) in today's economic environment:

10. “hate my job!! i want to tell my bosses how dumb they are and how meaningless this job is, then quit, and be happy!”

9. “So my job was to test all the food at the new resturant, can I just say, ughew. I’m going to taco bell then twistee treat.”

8. “Workin… This job sucks worse then the economy!”

7. “I’m going to work! Walmart! Must find better job! I hate it when chicks there have a deeper voice than me and refer to me as foo!”

6. “Also I’m really bummed that I’m working today, i asked off so i could study but my boss is a ******* **** ***** ***** who can’t read.”

5. “Coworker smuggled out a chair for me. Currently being paid to SIT around and listen to John Barrowman on my iPod. I don’t hate my job today!”

4. “having sex dreams of people you work with makes for an awkward day.”

3. “smoking weed at work is so [EDITED] great :)”

2. “It’s bad when you overhear the n00b programmer say “I used to work at McDonalds with him” and you wonder if he is talking about the CEO…”

1. “Huh, with my boss on twitter, maaaybe I should take down that sexy picture of her… but her reaction will be priceless!”