Blogging Yourself Out of a Job

I believe there should be some freedom, however not full freedom, to discuss your job on a public forum such as a blog site. The previous blog referred to the guidelines that corporations should have for their blog sites. It is very important that as employees are participating in blogging that they follow these guidelines carefully.

Employees can discuss what their job details are without giving out confidential information about the company. Throughout the past few weeks, I have explained in a lot of detail what my job description is with Ashley. However, I have not given confidential information about the company.

Should these employees have been terminated? Absolutely. I am not certain about these corporations, but I do not that I signed a confidentiality agreement when I was hired. I expect that these employees did to. This was an agreement between my employer and myself that I would not share any delicate information with our competition. If I do, I understand that I will be terminated on the spot.

On public forums, like this one, you never know who is actually reading your blogs. It would be a perfect way for a competitor to find out secrets that could have a huge negative impact on the company.

One of our rights as Americans is freedom of speech. However, it is also our duty. We should be allowed to speak openly in a public forum, however we must use common sense. Understand your company's policy regarding blogging and be careful not to release important confidential information. It should be something that is enjoyed, but there has to be guidelines. When those guidelines are not followed, corrective actions must be taken.