Facebook: Virgin Atlantic firing staff
Staff will talk: Last week Virgin got a lot of publicity for firing ‘13 flight attendants for criticising the airline’s flight safety standards and describing its passengers as “chavs” on a social networking website’. (ZDNET) Virgin on Facebook, BA on Facebook (apparently BA Customers are smelly and annoying), pilots on their forum – talking about…
Staff will talk:
Last week Virgin got a lot of publicity for firing ‘13 flight attendants for criticising the airline’s flight safety standards and describing its passengers as “chavs” on a social networking website’. (ZDNET)
Virgin on Facebook, BA on Facebook (apparently BA Customers are smelly and annoying), pilots on their forum – talking about who they have ferried around in their planes:
Who are your nicest Celebs?
“I have …Cilla Black – she should be shot – quite possibly one of the most unpleasant individuals I have ever come across.”
Thank goodness it’s only the airline industry that is going to suffer from this. Not.
Soooo – how are your company’s internal Social Media Policies and Guidelines (try this post), training and workshops coming along? *insert Ad for uber-Laurel 1/2 day workshops* Christmas is going to be mayhem this year – all that time, all those social networks, what will your staff give you for Christmas? Heh.
Retweeting @SilkCharm: Re: Virgin etc: I found a forum of pilots bitching about celebrities http://twurl.nl/h3bfh1
I am frequently amazed at how often people online are a little too honest about interactions they have in the real world. I mean by their very nature, most of this stuff is public and available to most people (including those being discussed and referenced).
I mean who knows… maybe that reporter intended to call you back but saw your tweet and decided against it. =P
Like John I am also amazed at what people put on the internet.Next thing they know thier youtube video or myspace is on CNN. 🙂
How little we value honesty in our dealings with other humans…
Not sure I understand the comment about the reporter – I am much harsher on my blog (than on Twitter) about the negativity of the Press and usually turn down interviews. In all likelihood – as she wanted to talk about social networks going bust – I would’ve turned her down as well. But disconnecting midsentence didn’t give me much of a chance to change my mind 🙂 Anyway, the journos ignore the CC licence and print my blog posts anyway *sighs* .. and as faux interviews!
Definitely a word of warning for brands with those examples