tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999012691402797737.post21298267373761760..comments2011-04-27T20:46:07.749-07:00Comments on The Dude Abides: When Keeping It Real Goes Wrongscott abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940917005321132210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999012691402797737.post-51230094024268091762011-01-17T08:53:36.089-08:002011-01-17T08:53:36.089-08:00I believe that some companies, such as the ones me...I believe that some companies, such as the ones mentioned, act before thinking of the long term consequences. The best example to me of the five, was of the girl who was fired for complaining how boring her job was on Facebook. Because of the company firing her and her retaliating by going on a an online campaign, the company suffered through how much revenue was lost due to their company now being linked to that one incident. <br /><br />Unlike years ago, companies will now how to really do a cost benefit analysis when they consider letting someone go due to social media posts. They will seriously have to look at what can happen if the person does decide to retaliate like the teenager did and whether letting someone go is worth it due to the public backlash. I'm sure some companies already have adapted policies that are explicit on what an employee may or may not say online, but in the future it will have to be more thoroughly discussed during the hiring process so no lines are blurred. <br /><br />Another thing that will probably come about due to the social media age, is companies offering seminars and other learning material to their employees regarding web etiquette as many people seriously do not know that by saying certain things it can be considered "wrong"scott abneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940917005321132210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999012691402797737.post-75494335833344422222011-01-17T08:18:29.402-08:002011-01-17T08:18:29.402-08:00Those are excellent examples, Scott! They do showc...Those are excellent examples, Scott! They do showcase the power of social media - and are good lessons for companies trying to deal with negative posts. So, what do you think would be a good course of action for some of these companies?Mihaela V (@mihaela_v)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11809600345271198656noreply@blogger.com