Wall Street Journal: Facebook, Twitter Updates Spell Trouble in Small Workplace
Friday, March 12th, 2010The Wall Street Journal has another story about how publishing personal info online at social-networking sites, such as Twitter or Facebook, can affect your employment or career at a small company.
These days, bad employee behavior is no longer confined to cubicle walls. Some workers are now sharing disparaging opinions and even proprietary information about their employers on social media – Web forums that in many cases can accessed by anyone, including a company’s clients, investors and competitors. Business experts say that kind of exposure could be particularly troublesome for small enterprises, though there are ways owners can cope and even turn the tables to their advantage.
“It’s much easier for a large company to distance themselves from the actions of one employee than it is for a small firm,” says Robby Slaughter, owner of Slaughter Development LLC, an Indianapolis consulting firm that specializes in workplace productivity. Read more »

