If you're on the hunt for creative way to toss away that great career in your job, here the answer - Be irresponsible and reckless on social media!
You've survived years of schooling and training, along with a few good years in the company.
If you're on the hunt for creative way to toss away that great career in your job role, I've got the answer for you: Be irresponsible and reckless in your use of social media.
Yes, you too can flush all that prestige and respect— not to mention the little issue of being able to afford to shelter and feed you and your family — just by a few well-placed posts on your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn or other social media account.
If you want out of your employment, I can almost guarantee that following the below steps will ensure that you can enjoy a life of leisure as a gainfully unemployed.
This is also good advice for those individuals seeking to destroy their career before it even gets off the ground. Quite conveniently for you, many employers look closely at prospective applicant’s social media sites in a bid to ascertain character and suitability for a career in the company.
The below examples will certainly make your need to exercise good judgment abundantly clear.
1. CONTRAVENE CONFIDENTIALITY
You are trusted by your employer and have a duty to protect the confidentiality of information you obtain while being employed by the company. If you are bent on destroying that confidentiality, then by all means, do post and release that detailed confidential source information in 140 descriptive characters on Twitters.
2. BASH YOUR BOSS
Be a die-hard Free Speech advocate and air your feelings about your employer or line manager on your zero-privacy-settings Facebook page. Bash your boss further by name. Use a picture. That’s sure to win them over to your point of view. Go even further and draw obscene objects on their posted picture.
3. PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES
While you’re on your combustible career crash, be sure to ride the wave of pornographic pictures that are all the rage on Instagram and Tumblr. Better yet, be sure to have parts of your official uniform visible hanging off of you with your marked company vehicle clearly visible in the photo.
4. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
So, maybe you’re not the type to flaunt your nude or semi-naked body on social media. Another variation would be the open use of your favourite illicit drug in Facebook pictures. Be sure your face is visible as you use your chosen method of ingesting that drug and go that extra mile of identifying yourself and company.
If drugs aren’t your thing, take heart as drinking can also leave your career in ruins. Drunken behaviour, especially video of you driving whilst under the influence is always noticed by officials.
5. RACIST RANTS
Tired of being politically, correct?
Then go to the opposite end of the spectrum and put all sorts of racist, sexist and homophobic rants on your Twitter. Let your inner misogynist be public.
Crown prosecution service particularly appreciate when they discover any prejudicial or sexist attitudes that you have on display on social media and use them in court and publicly to impeach your credibility.
MAKE IT COUNT
Whatever method or methods above that you pursue in the destruction of your career, be sure to do it while on works time. Use the issued smartphone, computer or even the company’s social media.
Have all of your social media privacy settings on open to the public. You should at least have the maligning missives go through the company’s server. That will certainly give the administration some good grounds upon which to go after you.
In all seriousness though, contrary to the above examples of what NOT to do, it's clear responsible use of your social media is the route to go, especially in a public facing work environment.
Eschewing these websites altogether is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Employees United Union don’t advocate going without social media — we favour controlled usage of them.
Social media can be used to further your career, It can also be used to destroy your chosen career path. You control its use, and a professional approach is a win for you, your family, friends and employer, and the diverse community you live in.