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Borders Non-Blogging Contract?

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By crazitalk – Mon, July 27, 2009

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  1. Anonymous says

    I’ve had two jobs now where it was very explicitly stated that blogging, or other internet presence, would lead to termination if we admitted to being affiliated with our place of employment.

    Weirdly, the most adamant one was a retailer specializing in a certain kind of children’s toy. (Ha! I don’t work for them any more, so I can say it: WE HAD SUCH A CONTRACT AT BUILD-A-BEAR!) The other was an educational organization with a religious affiliation, and in that case we were “encouraged” to limit our public presence to opinions that were in agreement with the organization.

    It doesn’t surprise me that K-12 teachers are heavily censored; we are tools of the State, as painful as that is. But I do think it makes a lot less sense to censor someone working in retail, especially a book store! Of all the people I would expect to oppose censorship…!

    Mon, July 27, 2009, 22:44
  2. Anonymous says

    I’ve had two jobs now where it was very explicitly stated that blogging, or other internet presence, would lead to termination if we admitted to being affiliated with our place of employment.

    Weirdly, the most adamant one was a retailer specializing in a certain kind of children’s toy. (Ha! I don’t work for them any more, so I can say it: WE HAD SUCH A CONTRACT AT BUILD-A-BEAR!) The other was an educational organization with a religious affiliation, and in that case we were “encouraged” to limit our public presence to opinions that were in agreement with the organization.

    It doesn’t surprise me that K-12 teachers are heavily censored; we are tools of the State, as painful as that is. But I do think it makes a lot less sense to censor someone working in retail, especially a book store! Of all the people I would expect to oppose censorship…!

    Mon, July 27, 2009, 22:44
  3. Anonymous says

    I’ve had two jobs now where it was very explicitly stated that blogging, or other internet presence, would lead to termination if we admitted to being affiliated with our place of employment.

    Weirdly, the most adamant one was a retailer specializing in a certain kind of children’s toy. (Ha! I don’t work for them any more, so I can say it: WE HAD SUCH A CONTRACT AT BUILD-A-BEAR!) The other was an educational organization with a religious affiliation, and in that case we were “encouraged” to limit our public presence to opinions that were in agreement with the organization.

    It doesn’t surprise me that K-12 teachers are heavily censored; we are tools of the State, as painful as that is. But I do think it makes a lot less sense to censor someone working in retail, especially a book store! Of all the people I would expect to oppose censorship…!

    Mon, July 27, 2009, 22:44
  4. Anonymous says

    I’ve had two jobs now where it was very explicitly stated that blogging, or other internet presence, would lead to termination if we admitted to being affiliated with our place of employment.

    Weirdly, the most adamant one was a retailer specializing in a certain kind of children’s toy. (Ha! I don’t work for them any more, so I can say it: WE HAD SUCH A CONTRACT AT BUILD-A-BEAR!) The other was an educational organization with a religious affiliation, and in that case we were “encouraged” to limit our public presence to opinions that were in agreement with the organization.

    It doesn’t surprise me that K-12 teachers are heavily censored; we are tools of the State, as painful as that is. But I do think it makes a lot less sense to censor someone working in retail, especially a book store! Of all the people I would expect to oppose censorship…!

    Mon, July 27, 2009, 22:44
  5. Anonymous says

    I’ve had two jobs now where it was very explicitly stated that blogging, or other internet presence, would lead to termination if we admitted to being affiliated with our place of employment.

    Weirdly, the most adamant one was a retailer specializing in a certain kind of children’s toy. (Ha! I don’t work for them any more, so I can say it: WE HAD SUCH A CONTRACT AT BUILD-A-BEAR!) The other was an educational organization with a religious affiliation, and in that case we were “encouraged” to limit our public presence to opinions that were in agreement with the organization.

    It doesn’t surprise me that K-12 teachers are heavily censored; we are tools of the State, as painful as that is. But I do think it makes a lot less sense to censor someone working in retail, especially a book store! Of all the people I would expect to oppose censorship…!

    Mon, July 27, 2009, 22:44
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