Woman lost her job after insulting boss on Facebook

THE dangers of posting critical comments about employers on social media websites has cost one young Cork woman her job after she was fired from an insurance brokers for branding her female boss “a bitch” on her Facebook page.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal has ruled PJF Insurances of Pearse Street, Kinsale, Co Cork, had not unfairly dismissed clerical assistant Aoife O’Mahony over the incident.

The directors of the firm, Padraig and Lisa Fitzgerald, gave evidence that they were satisfied with Ms O’Mahony’s overall work but they found her “over-exuberant” at times. They explained that they had called her to a meeting on January 14, 2010, to ask her to “tone it down” when dealing with business clients.