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<blockquote data-quote="jeff37923" data-source="post: 2029178" data-attributes="member: 26008">I'm a bit torn on this on. On the one hand, blogging negatively about your employer can result in an employee being fired at least and at worst being sued for libel or slander if it can be proven that their blog caused a serious loss in business. On the other hand, employees also have the right to free speech - and by blogging negatively may be able to point out some weaknesses in the compony that need to be addressed. The compony does not need to keep them employed, no, especially in at-will employment states like California and Tennessee - but unless serious workplace misconduct can be proven then the fired employee is entitled to unemployment compensation. However, if the employee has been with the compony for a couple of years and is only now showing dissatisfaction, then a wise manager would see this as a symptom of a larger problem and investigate further instead of &quot;killing the messenger&quot;. Ultimately it is up to the individual on how they decide to deal with this, blog or not. I myself, find it difficult to curtail my freedom of speech.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeff37923, post: 2029178, member: 26008"] I'm a bit torn on this on. On the one hand, blogging negatively about your employer can result in an employee being fired at least and at worst being sued for libel or slander if it can be proven that their blog caused a serious loss in business. On the other hand, employees also have the right to free speech - and by blogging negatively may be able to point out some weaknesses in the compony that need to be addressed. The compony does not need to keep them employed, no, especially in at-will employment states like California and Tennessee - but unless serious workplace misconduct can be proven then the fired employee is entitled to unemployment compensation. However, if the employee has been with the compony for a couple of years and is only now showing dissatisfaction, then a wise manager would see this as a symptom of a larger problem and investigate further instead of "killing the messenger". Ultimately it is up to the individual on how they decide to deal with this, blog or not. I myself, find it difficult to curtail my freedom of speech. [/QUOTE]

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