“Cisco Fatty” Twitter Got One Genius Employee Fired, Inspired Best Hitler Video Since “Where Brooklyn At?” Mash-Up
23 March 2009, 4:02 PM. By Alex Alvarez
A Twitter user, who goes by the handle “theconnor,” gave new meaning to the term “Fail Whale” when a Tweet he published about his new job got him nearly immediately fired.
Whereas certain people are content to mostly Twitter about food, their terrible neighbors and their bowel movements, some people find it ok to Twitter things like:
Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.
This would have landed “theconnor” on our personal List of Dumbfuckery because he’s whining about landing a new job in the midst of a crippling recession. And that’s not counting the fact that Twitter is easily searchable if your account is not set to private. Which means people like “channel partner advocate” (We’re an “internet friend bunnyturtle,” should anyone ask.) Tim Levad can see you and reply:
Who is the hiring manager. I’m sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web.
“theconnor” attempted to set his profile to private and clear all offending information, but it was already too late - he had already been busted and rendered into a meme of sorts, earning the nickname “Cisco Fatty” and inspiring this YouTube video:
The moral of the story? People who make mistakes inspire wonderful videos.
So, what do you all think? Since “theconnor’s” Twitter account wasn’t private when he wrote about his new job, is this situation an invasion of privacy or crossing the line between personal and professional? Did he deserve what he got?
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I think it’s wrong that employers are looking people up on social networking sites… just shows you’ve got to be carefull of what you post.
Wrong that employers are…? Oh please. Anything you do in a public forum is, well, public. People feel so entitled these days.
What if a colleague wants to ruin your career? What if they use your name online to make you look bad to employers?
If that would be the case, that someone created an account in your name, you can easily have the IP checked and the email address and prove that it was not you, the moral of the story is that you should keep your business private and think about what you say before you write…if your boss, parents, spouse would not approve of what you have written, then don’t write it