About 10% of Companies Have Fired Folks for Unauthorized Blogging

Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:02PM EDT

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Blogging at work or, worse still, blogging about work? You probably know already that such behavior is frowned upon, but it could also get you shown to the door: A new study says that 9.1 percent of companies have fired people for violating policies about blogging or posting on message boards while on the job.

The study, from message monitoring company Proofpoint, also claims a whopping 27.6 percent of companies have fired people for violating the company's email policy and another 11 percent for violating a media sharing policy.

It's important to note that those statistics refer to the number of companies that have taken any action, not the number of workers who've been affected. If a company with 50,000 employees fires one person for unauthorized blogging, that would count the same as a company that fired its entire 20-person staff for the same reason. 308 companies were polled, indicating that 28 companies have terminated bloggers. (You can read the full study here, but you'll have to provide personal information to get it. It's full of additional statistics and data.)

While Wired's Threat Level blog is skeptical of that claim, it certainly doesn't seem outlandish to me. Has anyone at your place of business gotten the axe for blogging? Tell us about it here. We won't tell the boss, promise!

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LINK: Nearly Ten Percent of Companies Have Fired Bloggers, Survey Claims 

 

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  • 1 Posted by pb_enial on Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:15PM EDT Report Abuse

    Thanks for the tip. Just bought a Canon A480.

  • 2 Posted by alexgannis on Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:45PM EDT Report Abuse

    You're 100% correct thanks, I made some great shot last year on my Canon 40D ISO 100 bulb setting. bulb is not a fla----- s a setting in pro camera manuel mode.

  • 3 Posted by lubbcraig on Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:17AM EDT Report Abuse

    i guess this is a yearly post for you eh? XD

  • 4 Posted by rogueist on Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:20AM EDT Report Abuse

    You forgot the most important tip - dont stand over the fireworks expecting to catch a firecracker (or M80) exploding on the ground, or a bottle rocket or roman candle as they launch.

  • 5 Posted by gullwingdoors on Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:13AM EDT Report Abuse

    Good article. I think I'll try some of this stuff with my A590IS. Another tip for those whose camera does not have those settings, if it is a Cannon, try the CHDK firmware. http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK It adds a ton of extra features including the ones mentioned in this article (rapid fire, long exposures, etc).

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