California Auto Club Fires 27 Workers Over Blogs

Posted on August 6, 2005

The Associated Press reports that the Automobile Club of Southern California has fired 27 workers for blogs they kept on MySpace.com which discussed the weight and sexual orientation of other employees. MySpace.com is a blogging and social networking community that was recently acquired by News Corporation.

The Automobile Club of Southern California fired the employees in one of its San Diego offices after at least one worker complained to management about feeling harassed by the comments, which were written by employees on the MySpace.com Web site on their own time at home.
Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp said comments were made about other workers' weight and sexual orientation.

We have seen lots of workers fired because of blogs over the past several months but 27 is definitely the most at one time. Don't forget blogs can also get you hired if you use your blog to present yourself in a positive manner -- and not to abuse your coworkers like these people did.