Do yourself a favour, and check out this.
Too funny not to pass on.
Also... came across this and thought it was pretty good.
DEAR WW: I've got some complaints about my company, and I'm thinking about starting a blog. What do I need to know before I post my first entry?
OFF MY CHEST
DEAR OFF: A child recently born in a hospital hallway in West Yorkshire, England, shot out of her mom so quickly that she hit the floor and skidded before the umbilical cord acted like a bungee and pulled the baby back toward mom. Just like that "bungee" baby, your blog comments can fly right back in your face. So you've got to proceed with caution before blogging. I've included a few suggestions below. For more, check out Nancy Flynn's book, "Blog Rules" (Amacom, 2006).
Do you know what a blog is? The word blog is derived from Web log, a personal journal on the Web (mine appears at ABCnews.go.com/Business). If you didn't know this, you're not alone: 30 percent of employers don't know what a blog is, according to a recent survey. Contact people who write blogs about work to find out the dos and don'ts.
Are you willing to get fired over your blog? People have been fired for writing blogs about work. I'm not saying that you should let this intimidate you from writing one, it's just important to understand the potential consequences right from the start.
Do you know your corporate policy on blogs? Before you post your first blog, you need to know where your company stands on them. Read your company handbook and talk to people in Human Resources. However, don't assume that you can say anything just because your company doesn't have a formal policy.
Do your rely on the First Amendment to protect you? Most of us know about our First Amendment protections concerning free speech. What most people don't understand is that this protection concerns government's ability to limit your ability to speak out. The First Amendment has nothing to do with speech surrounding a private enterprise. You can go to court to fight for this right, but you need to understand that it's far from guaranteed.
Do you understand what employment-at-will means? Most employees in the United States are "at will" employees. As a famous court case once observed, "You can be fired for a good reason, a bad reason or no reason at all." I'm not saying that you aren't entitled to your opinions, but voicing these opinions could get you fired.
Are you willing to look at what you wrote for a very long time? We tend to think of the Internet as transitory. And it often is. At the same time you can't control how long something stays on a server somewhere. So realize that you rant against XYZ corporation could potentially be dug up when you are interviewing for a job 10 years from now.
Except for a few bruises, the "bungee" baby was fine. Follow these tips and you should minimize things flying back at you because of your blog.
Written by the Working Wounded guy.
3 comments:
"baby...the other white meat."
So what does that make blogging?
Sorry I'm hung and probably not making much sense and when I say hung I mean over not like a horse and when I say probably not making much sense I mean probably not making much sense. (and just so ya know I had to retype the last "much" cause at first I wrote "mush" which ironically makes the most sense....hmmmmmmmmmmmm)
dose pea were nut mooshy
I just re-read what you wrote Kath... and that was pretty friggen funny!! LOL
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