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FireMe - Who wants to get fired?

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61 pointsedwinjm41 comments

I really don't get the point. Sure, these tweets are ostensibly public to start with. We all know that. So why this passive-aggressive approach to things, with a quote at the bottom saying, "So don't blame me, instead get responsible"?

Perhaps whoever posted these tweets doesn't care? Maybe they've already done the math on the chance of discovery? Maybe they are posting anonymously?

This isn't even the first time we've seen a compilation like this, so it's not like it's novel or anything. Seriously, what's the point?

To be honest the name of the site could be flipped to hire me. "Save people from jobs they hate."

Who would want to hire someone who makes negative public statements about their job?

What kind of asshole would hold that against someone?

Really? I would.

If I was considering hiring someone, and checked out their social streams and saw a lot of negativity directed towards their boss and job, I would only assume that's what I would be getting as well. They would never get the job. Same goes for high amounts of general non-work-related negativity in their streams as well.

I talked with a girl recently and she was surprised to find out that her tweets are public (and tweets from people she follows). I was surprised to find out she didn't know that.

This makes me think maybe there are many more people than we expect who don't know this.

True. I considered this in my original comment. I think the reality is that anyone who is on HN or who is likely to stumble across that site almost certainly knows this though.

Similar to, but not nearly as damaging as @NeedADebitCard https://twitter.com/NeedADebitCard

That is the funniest thing I've seen all week. One girl even posted a picture of her ID next to her debit card!!

I saw that one. Facepalm

That is astounding.

Getting fired from my last real job, over a year ago, was one of the best things that could have ever happened to me. Haven't starved yet!

Did you go freelance? :)

Yep, and it pays well enough that I even get to take large amounts of time off. I basically keep a teacher's yearly schedule, having fun all summer, working through the spring, fall, and winter, making as much as when I had a boss breathing down my neck. I lost 20lbs and found the woman I'm going to marry. And I've been completely debt free for the last 3 months. It's been amazing.

Sounds good - do your clients breathe down your neck less than managers?

Not the guy you're replying to, but my experience is that the ability to either say "no" or "yes, but that will cost more" makes crazy random demands really tolerable.

They try sometimes, and then I tell them that I'm not going to do what they want but what they need. The lack of debt thing makes it really easy to be up front with clients, which somewhat ironically makes it less likely any issues will grow to the point that one or both halves of the relationship end up disgruntled.

Mind if I ask doing what? Consulting?

Mostly database systems. Building a custom ERP system for a client right now, .NET/SQLServer now (because that is what I know best), SomethingFree later when their crushing work debt is over (and the system I'm making will help them get rid of their work debt, the system they are running right now is awful). But I've also done some minor hardware prototyping and graphic design work for a few people. It's basically whatever people want me to do, having gained a reputation for being a guy who can figure things out.

Hell, I've even made enough money for random toys off of my own line of t-shirts aimed at military veterans. It's been nuts, all of the different things I've gotten into in just the last year. Without the soul crushing traditional employment arrangement, I'm able to really get a lot of new projects going. Even considering opening a coworking space in which I charge desk-rent!

If an employer has to spend his time troweling his employees' social networking accounts to find out which ones don't like their job, he's doing it wrong.

Give people a platform for their voyeuristic, narcissistic ramblings and they will hang themselves through ignorance.

If you write it on the Internet, be polite and respectful or anonymous!

Quite a few false positives in there though.

Case in point, under "Who wants to get fired?"

"Really stinks not having car. I hate putting others out of the way to help. So my boss is driving out here to Tim buck two to get me work and get me home if car not fixed. But at least get to go. So I am thankful for that."

My favourite under 'Who wants to get fired':

> Les Lesboss P.

> I fucking hate the boss i wish Bruce springsteen had of gone the way of bon scott,Kurt cobain or Jimi Hendrix. But at least they had talent and i wouldn't be hearing his shit on mmm right now

And (the now defunct) http://pleaserobme.com/ from a couple years ago.

Man... the inability of these people to form a proper sentence saddens and scares me.

There's also a bot that retweets people posting photos of their new credit cards.

Why do I feel like I'm participating in a web developer's slave morality?

Let's hope that these people quit their jobs to lead more meaningful existences.

1% chance of being fired! File that under winning.

2% here. I feel the hot breath of my boss in my neck already.

0%, which is odd, because I had a tough conversation with my boss yesterday :P (of course this thing doesn't check Hacker News, or my odds would improve a lot :) )

If that thing accounted for all the social webs, I'd never have a job ever. =p

This is cool, but I'd really like to see something like this for YouTube comments. That would really help get their quality up.

for those that don't want to go through disabling disconnect, ghostery etc just to see what it is (and it's not worth it) - it searches for tweets from people saying that they hate their job and displays them.

It searches for the exact string "I hate my job", thus giving some lovely false positives in "I hate my job... Not!".

Could a project like this ever come under libel laws?

I don't see how, given that the content is knowingly provided for public consumption by the individuals

post how much you hate your job, your company will find out and make your wish come true :P

there are a lot of bots on there

hell ya

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