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Here's a great way to get yourself fired: logging onto Facebook, and letting the world know how much you hate your job -- and the people you work for -- especially if you work with kids. That's exactly what Dr. June Talvitie-Siple did, and it totally worked. Dr. Talvitie-Siple, supervisor of the math and science program at Massachusetts's Cohasset High School, recently used the social networking site to air her grievances about her job and her community. "Residents are so arrogant and snobby," she wrote in one post. In another, she emoted, "So not looking forward to another year at Cohasset schools." As she told NBC's WHDH affiliate, she had no idea that her rants were visible for the whole world to see. "I thought I had my privacy settings set so that I was only talking to my friends," she said. "And it turns out I wasn't." Once word of her public criticism got around, Talvitie-Staple got her wish, and lost her job. Mission accomplished. [From: NBCBayArea and MSNBC]
Update: According to WCVBTV Boston and AOL News, Dr. June Talvitie-Siple was asked by school Superintendent Denise Walsh to resign.
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Subscribe to commentsMSLOVESLIFEAug 19th 2010 2:18PM
Where was this thought when Renee Gork expressed her non love for her job and how she had a job and been "job" over. About the hat controversy in at an Arkansas Razorback Press Conference. She wore a Florida Gator hat to interview headcoach Bobby Petrino and players. The press took sympathy and ran with without looking into the details of why she got fired at Hog Sports Radio. Its about facebook blogs among twittering at a closed cell phone practice. National press from ABC, CBS, ESPN sure got jobbed on that one!!!
PatsOwnNFCAug 19th 2010 7:16PM
Facebook is the WORST place to post anything you wish to remain within your circle of friends. All of the "games" on Facebook serve to circumvent your privacy settings and expose your posts to 3rd party sites where your Facebook settings are not in effect.
If you want to network on Facebook with a small circle of friends and maintain relative anonymity, do so with a fake name and NO (or a phony) profile picture. Let your friends know who you are, but don't allow others to know.
Most importantly, do not name anyone or anything in specific. Do not say "My job at X-Corp sucks and my boss Mr. Smith is a moron". Instead, say "my job and superiors drive me nuts" or the like.
Do not give anyone any ammunition to fire back at you. This is 2010. The concept of "privacy" is no longer a reality.
GinaYAug 19th 2010 2:20PM
Here's my advice:
If you are unhappy about a friend, family member, job, boss, business, etc., do NOT post in Facebook, Twitter or any social networking site.
Reasons:
1. You risk losing your job.
2. You risk future employment.
3. You risk losing a friend.
3. You risk public humiliation.
5. You risk being sued for defamation of character.
6. You risk embarrassing your children in front of their schoolmates.
Agree, disagree? You comments.
sylvia81Aug 19th 2010 2:34PM
Totally agreed, lol.
hgunnf4Aug 19th 2010 2:56PM
I respectfuly reply: "DUH!". You are so right. No sarcasm intended towards you. Some (a lot of people) just don't get it. At least the media is good for showing us some of them.
pAug 19th 2010 3:31PM
Clean up your social networking sites if you plan on looking for a job. But, remember that your friends may have you name tagged to an embarrassing photo.
Charlie GooseAug 19th 2010 8:27PM
It's amazing how some people STILL don't realize that once something has been posted on Facebook or MySpace, it can come back to bite you. How many dozens of similar stories have we read in the last few years? I think the net has made us all a little soft in the head.
firstadAug 19th 2010 5:43PM
My motto is keep your opinions to yourself. Act on them with decorum, or put them aside for consideration at a more appropriate time. The internet is not the place to vent on private, emotional, or income matters...ever.
Cappy Lills KidAug 19th 2010 7:18PM
If you want to piss and moan about your job, family, etc --- go ahead
JUST DON'T USE YOUR REAL NAME!
Bobi JAug 19th 2010 8:55PM
Agree totally!!!
Only a fool would think,in 2010, posting such remarks would not come back to bite 'em in the you know what..
jmAug 24th 2010 7:13AM
@(Unverified)
Dear Unverified,
While I will agree with your comments, I must say that the school board's overreaction to being criticized exactly displays their delusional feelings of supreme aristocracy who expect that the serfs do not express openly any criticism of the barons and will be harshly punished for the "crime". For all her years as a dedicated teacher, and the fact the the town has already been suffering from a reputation of community arrogance, I would have to say that it is THE stupidest reason one could imagine for firing a teacher, after all it is the First Amendment to our Constitution that they are trying to block here, which shows more than arrogance but a zero tolerace for the truth if it isn't nice to them.
Tell me one other company or organization that would get away with this...naw, you couldn't find one, because ITS AGAINST THE LAW. Not surprisingly the Superintendent resigned.
Well, Cohassett just proved that you are, indeed, as arrogant as you can get, are above the law, and are beyond Christianity as well. Get thee to a church, Cohassett, and pray for thy salvation, and pray hard that thou dost not teach thy children your ignorant and unlawful ways.
By the way, Cohassett, how many of your residents have offshore accounts so they don't have to pay their fair share of income taxes, I wonder? Tax evasion is a felony, with time behind bars, like Wessly Snipes...think it couldn't happen to you? I'm just betting that your poorer residents are going to take the chance and turn a bunch of you in to the IRS, just in case, you know they get 10% of what there is sitting offshore...it would be worth the risk to me, especially now you have proven yourselves to be better than God.
GulfCoastInALAug 19th 2010 2:27PM
That's EXACTLY why I deleted my Facebook account. THEY decided what to make public and private, not me! I hope Facebook falls off the face of the earth!
JenniferAug 19th 2010 2:32PM
She should NOT be fired for voicing an opinion. We all complain about our jobs or people from time to time. I want to know who on facebook turned her in. Another snob perhaps? It's not like they said anyone hacked her account....how would the school know about it? Job security should not mean that you can never , ever have any complaints - that's absurd! Last time I checked this was not a communist regime.
TinaAug 19th 2010 2:52PM
Look again in a little while....the way the country's going, unfortunately, it won't be long at all.
EdAug 19th 2010 3:20PM
I can understand if she named names and people, but she didn't.
Facebook's security settings are so convoluted!
lynnAug 19th 2010 4:34PM
Sorry but she was foolish for putting this information on a public website! Yes, i agree she has a right to complain but her boss may have had a right to fire her!!
In this day and age, hate your job or not don't put it in writing.
mikemAug 19th 2010 9:24PM
Read the article carefully. She was not fired, she was asked to resign... and she did.
seangieAug 22nd 2010 3:20PM
I agree that she should not have been fired. Unfortunately we think that because employers are violating our personal time and firing people (not for doing something illegal) but for saying something they don't like that we have to just accept this. But I think people should start fighting back and demanding that we have a right to voice opinions (protected by th e1st amendment) even if others don't like our opinions. Why do we feel the need to legislate offensive comments? We need to go back and read about our history and why we created this country in the first place. @(Unverified)
NoAndThenSep 10th 2010 1:45PM
@(Unverified) I agree, but in her defense, people from Cohasset really, really, really are arrogant snobby pricks.
snapsscottAug 19th 2010 2:36PM
She's a PhD. for heaven's sake! Sorry, but she should have known better. However, I would think that her 1st amendment rights would protect her in this case unless her contract specifically prohibits what she did.