Fired For Facebook Post: Woman Let Go After Calling Her Job ‘A Joke’

[Xavier]

PHOENIX -- Some of us have thought about doing what Facebook user Jessica Bibbs recently did. Bibbs fired off a post after not getting a promotion. It said, "This place is a joke!!! I wonder if I passed up a good opportunity by being at this place. I absolutely hate fake and lazy ppl!!! Ugh, the ones who actually work are the ones to blame??? WTF? #TwistedMinds." Then she was fired. "I was crying," she said. "I was very upset." Even though she didn't name her job in the post, the boss knew who and what she was talking about. "For them to tell me that they're firing me over expressing my feelings on my Facebook, which is private, I don't find that fair at all," Bibbs said. "I was very upset." While her page is private, her co-workers are her Facebook friends. They can see her posts. Marcus Cadell is in charge of hiring and firing at Bibbs' old office at Ideal Physical Therapy. When asked if it was true that Bibbs was fired over a Facebook post, Cadell answered, "False." Management wouldn't go into detail about Bibbs' termination. Instead, Cadell said, "We don't terminate people on one particular thing." Cadell would say she was let go for several reasons, one of them being unprofessional behavior with co-workers. But just last month Cadell confirmed her co-workers voted her "Employee of the Month." "I don't see how they [her employer] can say I had issues with my co-workers," Bibbs said. Stephanie Fierro, with The Frutkin Law Firm, PLC, is an expert in social media, the law

Source: Yahoo

[Suesumba]

people really need to stop and think what they put out there - i hope she's laffing all the way to the unemployment office

[Skelly]

or be careful about who on their facebook...i NEVER add coworkers no matter how good we get on and mi page can only be seen by who deh pan ie...well...i have restricted who on mi page can see what too so it's all good..

[CeaBee]

While her page is private, her co-workers are her Facebook friends.

silly wabbit

[RichD]

people really need to stop and think what they put out there - i hope she's laffing all the way to the unemployment office

she should lawyer up and sue dem rah

[Gen]

i don't get why people still a post all kinda work related tings on fassbook, she never see what happen to other people ??? oh wait that would require actually reading/watching the news

if an employer were to do a search for my name on social media them wouldn't find one deegin ting connected to mi name

[Emperah]

DWL still cyaan get how ppl have dem full name pan deh an den seh any ole ting fi de world fi si.

[Suesumba]

i was on linked in and promptly deleted my profile after i noticed a bunch of people on it were from work. linked in is for employment referral purposes, but i got spooked enough. i hadn't been on it for years though.

[RichD]

but as is the case wid most of these stories many of the important details are left out.

[Suesumba]

true dat. by both sides.

[CeaBee]

like what?

[Suesumba]

like what?

"Cadell would say she was let go for several reasons, one of them being unprofessional behavior with co-workers."


maybe the smaddy weh get di promotion a wanna har facebook fren dem and nevva tek too lightly to har comments?

[RichD]

like what?

like if she have performance issues..if she have any warnings on her file. like if dem was looking to downsize and dem jump on this chance.

maybe in odda posts/forums she was cussing coworkers or managers even more

[j-kid]

Yuh really tink shi hav ah case, fi being stupid?

she should lawyer up and sue dem rah

[RichD]

Yuh really tink shi hav ah case, fi being stupid?

being stupid is not usually a reason to lose your job. they should have picked dat up when dem was doing the hiring. like most of these cases we will never hear any followup.