Friday, 20 March 2009

Cisco Fatty - epic Twitter cock-up

A young graduate Twitters the following:

"Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work."

The CFO of Cisco twitters back:

"Who is the hiring manager. I’m sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web."

This has become a trending topic on Twitter and covered all over the web - a great example of an epic cock-up in play here.

How to avoid this kind of thing?

1. Be careful with company names

2. Be careful with your own name - this goes for Facebook as well as Twitter!

3. Don't use a public forum for a private purpose

This should cover your bases. No word yet on what happened to her fatty job - but no news is probably not good news.

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