Facebook remark teenager is fired / Despedida a traves de Facebook!

A 16-year-old girl from Essex was fired after she described her office job as "boring" on her Facebook page.

Kimberley Swann, 16, of Clacton, had been working at Ivell Marketing & Logistics, in Clacton, for three weeks before being fired on Monday.

"I think they've stooped quite low," she said.

The firm's Steve Ivell said of the decision: "Her display of disrespect and dissatisfaction undermined the relationship and made it untenable."

Miss Swann said: "You shouldn't really be hassled outside work. It was only a throw-away comment.

"I came home from work one day, sat on the computer and said something about my job being boring."

Details were passed to her employers after she allowed colleagues access to her page, Miss Swann said, adding that she was not given the chance to explain.

Her mother, Janette, 41, said: "I think she's been treated totally unfairly. She didn't mention the company's name.

"This is a 16-year-old child we're talking about. She says Clacton is boring but we're not going to throw her out of the house for it."

Mr Ivell said: "Ivell Marketing is a small, close-knit family company and it is very important that all the staff work together in harmony.

"Had Miss Swann put up a poster on the staff notice board making the same comments and invited other staff to read it there would have been the same result."

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said employers needed "thicker skins" in relation to social networking websites.

He said: "Most employers wouldn't dream of following their staff down the pub to see if they were sounding off about work to their friends."


Chelsea Taylor, una joven británica de 16 años recibió la noticia de su despido a través de un mensaje en su perfil de Facebook. La encargada de la cafetería en la que trabajaba como camarera le envió la notificación tras una jornada en la que la adolescente había perdido diez libras por error.

El caso fue publicado por el Daily Mail. En la nota se hace mención además de que este es el primer episodio de este tipo que se produce en Gran Bretaña. En ese sentido la madre de la joven, Nicola, de 37 años, lamentó el comportamiento del local con su hija: “Despedir a un trabajador joven a través de Facebook es terrible y despiadado» y continúa: “No puedo creer que no hayan tenido la decencia de llamarle por teléfono o decírselo en persona”.

Por su parte uno de los responsables del negocio «Cookies in Leigh» aseguró que no van a hablar sobre el asunto según salió publicado en el periódico.

Fuente: BBC News - Rosario3 - photo by Telegraph.co.uk