I was reading an article today, written by Robert Musud, about What Employers Need to know about Employee Blogging. This caught my attention more because recently my company started its own blog and of course I asked for some link love, all links are good links.
I didn’t worry about it, because I am really happy with my company and the people I work with… but what happens if/when I am not? An unlikely situation in the foreseeable future.
What I worry about more is what happens if I have an opinion that doesn’t fit with the company? In Robert’s article he speaks about people being fired over posting racy pictures or speaking ill of their employers – but how far of a cry is that from catching flack from saying something the company wouldn’t? Since they are linked to me does everything I write reflect on them? Damn right it does.
Before I got the link with my company’s blog I really didn’t worry about what I wrote. I would rant about things and curse up a storm when I felt it was needed.
Now though, I am starting to wonder if by directing my fellow employees to my blog – did I do myself a disservice? Do I now have to bite my tongue rather than speaking freely? It feels like I just turned my personal blog into a work blog. I asked for a link without even thinking about that. Foolish.
I think when it comes down to it – it depends on the company. With where I work, I think I have more leeway when it comes to what I write in my blog – as long as I’m not an idiot.
It is something to keep in mind though, and I guess I’ll see what comes of it.
Tags: company blogging
Censoring my blog hadn’t even crossed my mind until I read this. I think Indigio is pretty chill about freedom of expression. However, I just wrote a post about the layoffs so I guess we’ll see.
I’ve wondered about a lot of this myself ever since we launched our blog particularly because I have a tendency to be abstract (which people find odd) and very personal in my own blog. Oh, and Bucks, you’re fired. Kitties!
Big Blogger is watching;.>