Business - Written by Mike Dover on Sunday, November 2, 2008 21:22 - 1 Comment

Don’t be friendin’ Richard Branson

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It looks like Richard Branson has dismissed 13 Virgin employees for criticizing the company and its passengers on their Facebook sites. Details can be found here.

This isn’t, of course, the first time someone has been fired for social networking misbehavior; perhaps just the first time a billionaire is involved. More examples are here, here, and here. Below is a post of a young Goldman trader who posted his warning about being on Facebook too much.

What policies do you have in your workplace about Facebook behavior? Do you actively manage it to make sure that the content is appropriate?



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Ken Leebow
Nov 3, 2008 12:31

It’s all about TBS:

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