1. A look ahead into the dangers of social media and the damage
your digital footprint can do to you.

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With the prevalence of social media, it's getting
harder and harder to separate our personal
and professional lives.
It's to the point that we need to assume that
almost everything we share online, even
privately, will be public.

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On the following slides are a number people
who lost their jobs for using Facebook.

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22-year-old North Carolina
waitress Ashley Johnson
condemned two customers
over Facebook for not giving a
tip and keeping her late. She
also took the time to mention
her workplace by name.
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She was fired for breaking a
rule about slating customers.

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A British woman serving jury
duty posted details of the
case she was serving on. She
wrote, "I don't know which way
to go, so I'm holding a poll.“
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An anonymous tip resulted in
the woman being immediately
dismissed from the jury.

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A woman called out of
work at National Suisse
in Switzerland
complaining of migraines
and saying she needed
to work in a darkened
room at home. She
stayed home, and when
her Facebook activity
started showing up, she
was promptly fired.

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Great Western Hospital staff
in Swindon, Wiltshire,
England were suspended for
participating in "The Lying
Down on the Job Game,"
where people photograph
themselves lying face-down at
work. The staff were lying on
the hospital's floors,
resuscitation tables, and even
the helipad.

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13 Virgin Airlines crew
members were fired after
publicly discussing aspects of
their job on Facebook. They
shared the number of times
that certain airplane engines
had been replaced and that
the cabins were infested with
cockroaches.
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They also took the time to
insult the passengers who
ultimately pay their salaries.

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A Charlotte, NC, teacher was
recommended for firing by the
superintendent after making
some remarks that the
superintendent perceived as
racially insensitive.
The teacher listed "teaching
chitlins in the ghetto of
Charlotte" in her "Interests"
section and "I am teaching in
the most ghetto school in
Charlotte" in her "About Me"
section.

10. 
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Ashley Payne was
forced to resign from
her teaching job after
posting this picture
to Facebook.
She is currently
fighting to get her job
back.

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Nathalie Blanchard had been
living off of disability
insurance for depression
since 2008. But when
Manulife, the Canadian
insurance company making
the payments, got into her
Facebook page, they saw her
"relaxing at the beach,
hanging out at a
Chippendale's-style club, and
generally having a lot of fun.“
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She immediately lost her
insurance benefits.

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The day after a 6th grader
died during a field trip to the
beach, 15-year teaching
veteran Christine Rubio
posted the following to her
Facebook profile:
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"After today, I'm thinking the
beach is a good trip for my
class. I hate their guts.“
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The school board is figuring
out how to proceed.

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Sister Maria Jesus Galan was
asked to leave the Santo
Domingo el Real convent in
Toledo, Spain, because she
was spending too much time
on Facebook. Fellow nuns
said that her Facebook
activity “made life
impossible.”
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This all after she used the
computer to digitize the
convent's archives and help
handle banking over the
Internet.

14. 
Tania Dickinson identifies her
job at the New Zealand Social
Development Ministry on her
profile as a "very expensive
paperweight." She brags that
she is "highly competent in
the art of time wastage,
blame-shifting and stationery
theft.“
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The expensive paperweight
was fired.

15. 
You might side with the business or the
employee, but the lesson is the same: think
twice about what you share online.