This article was originally published on Myhealthgazette.com
Everyone who’s held a job can tell you how daunting the first moments in a new work environment can be. You’re trying to make it past your first shift without causing too much trouble or attracting too much attention. If you’re lucky, the worst that could happen is your colleagues chuckling at your silly questions, but you try to keep a low profile. Then there are some people who just can’t help but cause trouble. Here are a few stories of how people’s co-workers got the boot in record time; some of them are truly questionable!
Blabbing Secrets on Social Media
The simplest rule that we should all take to heart is never spilling your company’s secrets. Companies try hard to make sure sensitive information never sees the light of day. However, no matter hard they try, there’s always going to be one goofball that spills the proprietary beans.
The goofball in this story was an intern who signed an NDA. This is pretty standard stuff, and what’s also standard is not taking pictures of your workplace and showing it off to friends. Ten minutes after bragging about his internship on social media, he was shown the door. Good going, guy.