Employers are beginning to monitor social networking sites, Flynn says. Not only do companies fear employees posting proprietary information, but they also don't want to find photos of the boss dancing on the table drunk at the holiday party. Opinions posted that run contrary to company values can also get employees into trouble.
Write R-rated E-mails. More than a quarter of employers have sent an employee packing for E-mail-related offenses, according to the American Management Association/ePolicy Institute survey, and 62 percent of those said it was for inappropriate or offensive language. When you write, just assume that someone inside the company is reading it. Most of the 43 percent of companies that monitor E-mail do it automatically, but 40 percent have live human beings reading and reviewing it.
Employers largely are concerned with their legal liability, Flynn says, noting that a growing number of companies are choosing to archive electronically stored information, rather than erase it, and it's subject to discovery in a federal lawsuit.
