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  • employees and social media is it time to take off the gag

    employees and social media is it time to take off the gag

    original publish date: 14th March, 2012

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    transcript

    FTE #1: Why would you have a social media policy that explicitly allows staff to say whatever they like about your company?

    FTE #2: Simple. It simultaneously helps us identify disgruntled employees and discourages competitors with more rigid policies from poaching them before we can address the issues.

    FTE #1: Aren't you worried about some psycho taking things too far?

    FTE #2: Not really. How many friends is someone like that likely to have?

    Caption: Social media can help with both engagement and retention … if you're brave enough.