Comments on: Tips for laying off employees in a social media world

By: ATC: Dr Ian Williamson

ATC: Dr Ian Williamson — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:53:12 +0000

[...] today’s climate a key to having successful Alumni and boomerang programs is to ensure you are managing your layoffs properly – fair & consistent manner, outplacement etc. You do not want to damage the relationships with [...]

By: Protect your job...perhaps by learning new tech tools - Garry Pilkington

Protect your job...perhaps by learning new tech tools - Garry Pilkington — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:08:05 +0000

[...] anyway, and now is a good time to blame the economic outlook is not a topic I am trying to cover; this has been covered here. What I am trying to address really is how do you protect your job? And if you do loose your job, [...]

By: Human Resource News » Blog Archive » Ex-Employees Attacking Through Social Networking

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:40:00 +0000

[...] While it seems that no one should have to say this, when you get the layoff notice, it is very difficult to keep your sense of balance. But there is also the ex employer part of the deal as well. Ex employers are going to go troll blogs as well looking to see what is being said about them. Michael Specht brings up about 20 excellent points on the social aspect of being fired, that employers will want to read. From the employer viewpoint, you really want to pay attention to number 7. Don’t get into a online publishing war over the smallest of things published, sometimes ignoring it is the best option. The more times search engines find a topic the higher they rank it in the results. Also bloggers tend to react quickly and harshly don’t give them additional fuel to write about. Source: Michael Specht [...]

By: Steve Boese

Steve Boese — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:31:49 +0000

I think these are all very good points. Some organizations are going to be caught off-guard, employees are going to be let go, a few will start blogging, tweeting and such about ‘Company XYZ’ stinks, and eventually Google searches for ‘Company XYZ’ start turning up angry blog rantings on the first page. I do think many organizations do not well understand the shift in control of the corporate ‘message’; they do not see beyond the corporate website.