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by Arman Aghbali 23 days ago

Tweets and Comments that Could GetYou Fired or WorseEmployers are increasingly using social media as a way of weeding out potentially

problematic employees. Here's a selection of the tweets that could land their users in

hot water or potentially keep them from finding a job.

When you're rejected for a job, sometimes it's obvious why they didn't hire you. You

didn't have enough experience. You were too nervous during the interview. But

sometimes it's harder to tell, because it could be due to a provocative Facebook

photo or angry tweet. Ninety-three per cent of employers research job applicants on

Twitter, according to Hamza Khan, Ryerson University's digital community

facilitator.

A June survey by Careerbuilder.com gives a few reasons why a candidate might be

told to hit the streets before they walk in the door. Among the biggest turn offs were

signs of bad-mouthing a previous boss, racist or derogatory remarks, and lying

about qualifications.

Once the employee lands a job, that doesn't mean that he or she is in the clear.

Employers continue to monitor your account. Syra Dhaliwal, a 20-year-old Wilfred

Laurier student, accidentally leaked through Twitter that hockey player Rick Nash



was going to get married at the Marriot Resort & Spa in Muskoka. She was a server at

the resort and was two days away from finishing her probation. They fired her soon

after.

That tweet was relatively harmless. However, there are some who are practically

begging to be fired.



I hate my boss

2:24 PM - 17 Nov 2013

@thhrsdayFollow

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STARTED ITS MY FIRST FCKING DAY U DICKHEAD

LITRALLY I HATE MY JOB I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE

FUN BUT IM DOING ALL THE WORK WHILE THEY -

6:58 PM - 17 Nov 2013

jaz @MlSTLETOEHARRY

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Dog biscuits are not for me the things I do for money I

hate my boss so much oh well I got 50 out of 2 dog

biscuit I win

6:15 PM - 18 Nov 2013

Samual Ho @Samualhooo

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It's not busy and I hate my job so I'm sitting in the back

watching netflix

2:04 PM - 17 Nov 2013

~~~ @M3gaannn

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Definitely supposed to be working right now hiding in the

bathroom smh I hate my job :(

5:43 PM - 12 Nov 2013

Bianca D. Jones @Mizzez_Redz2You

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I hate my boss so much, guys. I've never wanted to

murder someone so much in my life.

~Abyss

5:26 PM - 18 Nov 2013

**Kelly Drake* @koolkatkel1997

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Then there are those who are literally begging to be fired.

Sometimes i think about robbing my job just cus i hate

working here. And ill never have to work again...

Is that bad?

2:32 PM - 16 Nov 2013

That's KIM @kimmy_gallay

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I hope I get fired I hate my job

3:23 PM - 17 Nov 2013

jane foster. @lmtfml

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I hope I get fired today...

10:17 AM - 19 Nov 2013

SamuelGilbertCovert @PrettySamUel

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These tweets come from general Twitter searches of "I hate my job," "I hate my boss"

and "I hope I get fired." Much higher profile cases have led to immediate termination

and in at least two cases, involved the police.

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mocking management and customers on Facebook. The company fired all involved.

RYAN BRODERICK

Half-Naked Photos, Pot-Smoking Tweets Get Teacher

Suspended

Carly McKinney, a first-year 10th-grade math teacher, has been

put on administrative leave after a local news station discovered

tweets c...

Carly McKinney, a tenth-grade math teacher in Colorado, posted pictures of herself

smoking pot and in various states of undress on her Twitter account.

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She was fired. BuzzFeed and NBC 9 Colorado News picked up the story. Finally

sometimes the police get involved. In January 2010, Paul Chambers discovered that

his local airport in South Yorkshire, U.K. was closed. He tweeted, "Crap! Robin Hood

airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I'm

blowing the airport sky high!"

TELEGRAPH

Accountant used Twitter to threaten to blow up airport

Mr Duffield told the court he was looking for a new airport Twitter

page. He alerted airport security head Steven Armson who said he

grad...

He was arrested soon after and tried for sending a menacing electronic

communication. He was convicted at first but appealed, saying it was just a "silly

joke." Two years later, he won the case.

U.S. comedian Joe Lipari was not so lucky. Lipari had a bad experience at an Apple

store, and decided the appropriate course would be to quote Fight Club, but change

some of the nouns. He wrote on Facebook, "Joe Lipari might walk into it Apple Store

on Fifth Avenue with an ArmaLite AR-10 gas-powered semi-automatic weapon and

pump round after round into one of those smug, fruity little concierges. This may be

someone you've known for years, someone very, very close to you."

414: Right to Remain Silent

Stories about people who have the right to remain silent... but

choose not to exercise that right-including police officer Adrian

Schoolc...



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Arman Aghbali, blogger, writer, and kind of a jerk. My

professors tell these traits will make me a journalist

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Lipari was arrested by police and interrogated for three hours by Homeland Security.

They charged him with making terroristic threats and a false report of a public

building and place. Lipari went to court around six times, and eventually had the

charges dropped.

While some of these cases are unlikely, everyone was caught or called out.

Employers are doing the exact same thing, and everyone here has made it more

difficult to find a job in the near future.

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