Social media firing

I think there may be more to this than what is being reported.

But, FYI-http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/10/5-employees-fired-fo...

We recently identified an incident involving hospital employees who used social media to post their personal discussions concerning hospital patients,” prompting an investigation,

... said the probe turned up no evidence that patients’ names, photographs or other identifying marks were published, but the investigation “yielded sufficient information to warrant disciplinary action.”

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Permalink Reply by FETC on June 10, 2010 at 9:35pm

Wow, people need to remember even though no names are said or written, the details of the situation can at times connect the dots to the place of employment. Then dependant upon your agencies internal policies, that may dictate behavior or conduct un-becoming while "off duty".

All I can say is wow, Facebook rears it ugly head again. What ever happen to, What happens at work stays at work....