You are a manager at a Fortune 500 firm. You just found out that an employee reporting to you started blogging about his experience working in your company. The employee is vocal that pay is very low for the work he does, and he has many complaints relating to lack of growth opportunities and broken promises. You fear that this blog is damaging the organization’s reputation, as it developed a large group of followers. The employee seems to be posting outside of work hours, and is in general a productive employee.
1. What action would you take when you learn the presence of this blog? Would you take action to stop this blogger? How?
2. A friend of yours suggests that this is a serious offense and the employee should be fired. What do you think of this suggestion? What are the possible consequences of taking this action?
3. What would you change within the company to deal with this situation?
4. Would you post on this blog? If so, under what name, and what comments would you post?