Blogging privacy.. NOT! February 6, 2007
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Today, i learnt a very important lesson about blogging.. well, maybe i already know this, but something happened today to make me appreciate what i already know. Who the hell said blogging can be a private place to pour our your honest thoughts.. was so wrong.
Thankfully, it didnt happen to me. Lets just call this person as “A”. so, “A” has a blog.. one that he/she rattles in about the ups and downs in her ife. Fair enough.. Being a fresh grad and all, “A” is of course in search of a job.. so she goes around for a number of interviews, thanks to an agency/ friends’ contacts whatsoever.. fair enough.
“A” was lucky enough to be able to attend a LOT of interviews, with really good companies.. MN Cs, well known brand name in their industries, and even well known GL cs. Good on her. So she went home and wrote a blog about it.. cocky or otherwise, thats her rights..
But what wasn’t right, was how she wrote it..
Strike 1 : In one of her lines, she called that kind pleasant agent who set up interviews for her, “annoying”.. –ungrateful lil girl i’d say
Strike 2 : She mentioned names…
(still okay, you might think.. nothing very wrong there.. )
Strike 3 : She condemns the positions offered by some of the companies, degraded some of those who interviewed her, complaints about the salary, career advan cements, car eer plans of the companies, make little of the positions offered, condemns the interviews because it wasnt as per “her career expectations” or in other words, condemns all those interviewers and companies because what she wants, she didnt get.
Then she went home and blog about how lucky she is getting all that interviews, and how she hasn’t failed any interviews at all, yet, when a lot of other fresh grads are scrambling looking for an interview. And oh, she has already received 2 offers!! — (Good on you girl..NOT).
Oh, did i forgot to mention… She spelled out all the names, positions and companies details in her blog.
Damn girl.. gile hape.. Mis- spell the names if you must bitch about them in your blog. And the asteriks * come in handy too..
What happened after was pretty much expected. Someone from company B “gogg led” the B company’s name, and came across her blog. Ta da!! All hell broke loose.
Needless to say, emails were flying here and there, with a link to her blog going to those interviewers and companies she went to. What a mess!! Oh ya, the “annoying ” agent also received the link. So, she was more than blacklisted by the agency. Latest i heard, the company that called and made an offer, withdrew the offer letter. What a way to lose a job..
So lesson learnt, do not detail out too much in your blog. Nothing on the worl d Wi de W eb is private, at all.
Sigh.. i guess she did fail a few interviews after all…
Catching up.. February 5, 2007
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That’s all i’ve been doing lately.. playing catch ups.. with old friends, with work, with family, and even with my own personal time..
We attended a fren’s wedding on Sunday, one of those frens who you dont call that often, but you remember, and they in turn, still consider you as a fren enough to invite to their wedding.. Yeah, i was touched.. i mean, hey.. sorry for not keeping in touch.. that was just plain @sshole of me, but you remember me still… i feel like a total @sshole. sigh.. Not to mention the friend that moved to Aussi e, and i didnt even get to meet her.. last i saw her, was maybe 1 year plus ago. Those frens i still see once in a while, either work with me, or live close by for me to just run out and see them at 10 or 11 at nite.. I visit some of their blogs once in a while.. and you see the activities they’ve been up to, while you’ve been slaving away at work.. And i wanted to cry.. Just gush it all out and burst out crying until i have non to spare.. — Catching up #1.
And work wise, same shit.. now that my partner in International Payroll moved to the Home country team, i’m left alone to swim until i get a replacement.. which is not going to be too soon, the way i look at it.. You set out with a to-do list everyday, hoping to reach the last one and smile triumphantly.. but i never ever mange to get to the last quarter of it.. There’s always things that would creep up and makes it longer, or worse, pushes all other to the backseat. Am literally up to my neck with things to do.. Praying for the day that i’ll be able to clap my hand and scratch everything off my list. – there, Catch up #2.
And family wise.. one day i came home to see that my niece, my one and only niece, that i promised myself i would not miss a single event of her life, had grown 6 teeth. I knew she was teething.. i saw 3 coming up.. and one day, i came back fr a business trip, she happily welcomes me with a huuge bite into my shoulder. Jeez.. i had 6 tiny dents on my shoulder.. Oh, ya, i didnt know my sister bought a new phone, and an MP3 in matching colour.. Or that my youngest sister is no longer a prefect in her school coz she wants to be “normal” in school.. Yup.. Catching up #3.
Personal life?? well.. what LIFE???? — catchin up #4.
Arrghh.. when i finally sit down today, just to take a breather while i wait for the s l o w US of A team to complete an urgent transfer, (yes, i AM still at the office.. pathetic ), i start realizing what i’ve been missing.. and i guess, what i need to do to make it right again.. but, that’ll be a totally different blog all together.. For now, I’m going home to get a blo*dy life and watch TV.
Cheers!
