The 7 Stupidest Employees Ever?

Maybe not, but still entertaining…

I came across this article today:

The 7 Stupidest Employee Mistakes Ever

I’ll be honest – calling these the 7 stupidest employee mistakes ever is quite an exaggeration. I mean, sure, everything everyone in the article did is stupid, but stupidest ever? Hardly. Heck, one woman didn’t even get fired, she just got transferred. I’m sure we could easily find examples of much stupider behavior without a whole lot of trying (feel free to supply your own in the comments!)

But it’s still entertaining to read about other people’s stupidity, and we can learn a few quick lessons from their mistakes:

Don’t Document Your Malfeasance

Writing a 300 page document about how you’re not working? On your work computer?? Dumb, dumb, dumb. I’m all for the power of Morning Pages and journaling, but not on the computer at work.

Don’t Broadcast Your Malfeasance

Not that I advocate skipping out of work or trying to pull one over on your employer, but for the love of God if you are going to do that, don’t send out Twitter updates about or post Facebook pics of you skipping out on work. Dumb, dumb, dumb. I am all for firing these people, not because they lied about missing work, but because I wouldn’t want someone stupid enough to post photographic evidence of their malfeasance on-line…

Don’t Sleep On The Job

Port authority guards sleeping on the job?? Dumb, dumb, dumb. Good to know our borders are so secure.

Don’t Break The Law

Selling senate seats?? Faking Pulitzer Prizes?? Dumb, dumb, dumb. If this one needs to be explained to you, you don’t deserve a job…

Think And Double Check Before You Hit “Send”

I just wrote a post about this (Twitter Stupidity Can Get You Arrested ). Dumb, dumb, dumb. I’d like to believe that someday people will get smart enough to think twice (and double check their recipient list) before sending something offensive, sensitive, or inflammatory. I’d like to believe that, but I ain’t holding my breath…

Are these the “stupidest mistakes ever”? No. But are they still very stupid mistakes that you should make sure to avoid? Without a doubt…

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