Posted by denised in 
There’s a reason why I don’t name names on this site and why all submissions are posted anonymously. Few people like getting fired. And even fewer like getting fired as publicly as the ones below. But with the advent of social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, people find themselves being pink-slipped because they got a little too “lippy” with their updates. Here a few tweets and Facebook updates that got some poor (and arguably dumb) souls fired.
- When @theconnor tweeted that he’d just been offered a job at Cisco Systems and that he’d hate the job, but love the “fatty” paycheck, someone at Cisco was paying attention. Needless to say, @theconnor never got to see a “fatty” paycheck.
- Who knows what radio host and Mavericks fan Mike Bacsik was thinking when following a Mavericks-Spurs game in which the Mavs lost he tweeted “Congrats to all the dirty mexicans in San Antonio.” Apparently he wasn’t thinking at all.
- When Virgin Airlines employees created a Facebook page criticizing the company and questioning the cleanliness and safety of Virgin’s planes, they were canned. Status updates included things like planes were full of cockroaches and claimed the airline’s jet engines were replaced four times in one year.
- “OMG – I hate my boss!” – Don’t post that on Facebook when your boss is a Facebook friend. I’m not a fan of friending bosses on Facebook or Twitter in the first place, but if you do, do not give them a front row seat into how much you hate them. Read this unfortunate status update and her boss’ reply here.
Read more tweets that got them fired here.
