Some people haven't really learned from the mistakes of others. If you value your job, be very careful where you choose to complain about it, because watchful eyes can be everywhere. Nowhere is this more true than the Internet, where the views of millions are publicly shared with even greater numbers. If you work for Nintendo, as Jessica Zenner did, you better be careful about blogging your bitchery to the world ... as Jessica Zenner wasn't.
Seattle paper The Stranger reported that Zenner's blog, titled Inexcusable Behavior (ironic, no?) made the suits at Nintendo quite unhappy, possibly because of entries detailing the employee's co-workers that were less than flattering. She described one of her colleagues as a hormonal, facial-hair growing, frumpy woman who'd given her a new excuse to drink heavily. She punctuated this eloquent description but hypothesizing that the woman had not [expletive'd] in years. Apparently that's not kosher -- who knew?
Jessica was unaware of any blog policies, she claims, and also defends her complaining with the fact that she never mentioned Nintendo by name, and even wrote under the alias of Jessica Carr. Nevertheless, the pictures of Zenner on the blog were enough and Mario angrily fired her.
I wonder now, is it really good form to fire someone if they complain about their job and are caught? Everybody does it, everybody knows they do it. Does blogging those complaints make them more offensive? Does the fact that Nintendo itself wasn't mentioned or that this was done outside of the workplace have any weight in the situation? Evidently not, as Nintendo fired her, but I wonder if she really, truly deserved it. Mind you, I'd never be stupid enough to insult my colleagues on a blog ... mainly because they kind of write here too. The wankers.
Contest:
3:09 PM on 09.29.2007
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Also zero. I think.
Anyways...If it wasn't for bloggers we never would have herd about the EA's human cruelties.
Maybe they should incorporate what all American businesses call 'Training' - which is a 90 day process where your benefits and full payment are dangled in front of you like a carrot at the end of 90 days and you're successfully striped of any individuality what-so-ever.
Oh, wait.
Should she have been fired? Maybe given a warning for writing about internal company affairs online, but getting fired is a bit much.
Not that mine are any better, mind you, but I'm talking about games. This woman is going on about politics, and seems to have no clue what she is talking about. But I digress. It's her opinion.
What she should have done was go to her boss about her issues, and if he/she was not helping go over their head, most major companies have an HR dept that can address these problems. If nothing worked and you couldn't stand it anymore, look for a new job. But no she had to open her mouth like a lot of females I know, bitch about something, and got fired for it. "Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya," is what my old boss used to say.
I was in a bar last year and a dude at the bar used a racial slur with his friends, and there just happened to be a guy walking past that took offence to it. Dude that said it got a broken beer bottle shoved in his face.
In all seriousness, the woman should have expected it. True, she didn't mention Nintendo by name, but she shouldn't have felt secure with the idea that none of her coworkers would stumble upon her blog evenutally. This is the internet we're talking about, right? I'm sure her complaints probably aren't too far off, but then again, she is a miserable bitch.
I don't think seh should have been fired, but I don't think more shit in the corprate world makes sense. I don't think looking at porn at work should be a firable offense either, but it's happened to at least one person I know.
Nintendo America, like any other company that does nothing of their own worth, probably is employed by a bunch of bitter dickheads who feel totally worthless. Those are the kinds of bosses that will fire you for no good reason.
And I'm pissed at NoA anyway because they didn't release Tingle RPG (which is awesome) or Mother 3 (shich is double awesome) in the USA.
So they should all be fired immediately.
It was right before the Wii came out, maybe 2 months prior. I remember him telling me how him and some co-workers had spent the lunch hour playing Wii Sports, as Nintendo had just installed a few kiosks earlier in the day. Of course, he could tottally be a robot or some shit designed by Nintendo to make their customers shut the fuck up, but never the less.
Great service, and sounds like a nice place too work.
NINTENDO, HATES BLOGGERS...
The Internet is just a medium. Being an asshole on the Internet is no different from being an asshole verbally in real life, except you're less likely to get caught by those who matter (but not always, see: this story.)
There is a reason my Facebook profile is private. So nosy potential employers (or nosy current employers or employees) cannot go digging.
And while yeah, she is quite attractive, I'm not one to find stupidity appealing :-/
Females have jobs now?
Well, serves her right for having an opinion.
What I can think of would be that they have a rule against insulting collegues in public... maybe?
The woman she commented on, however, could could sue her for libel because it effects her ability to do her job well or could potentially cause her to not obtain employment elsewhere. But this again requires that woman to prove that a regular people could tell it was her the blogger was talking about.