One of our legal assistants has posted negative comments on her facebook page...

Question

about several of the people in our office, some of them being our direct supervisors (who are attorneys). She has posted a lot of these comments while she's AT work. One comment is about me and she has a ton of comments that make her sound like she hates her job and everyone she works with. But they are on her personal page. Should I say something to her or act like I never saw her comments? It's hard to be professional with her, when I know how she really feels. Thoughts?

Answer 1

First of all, any comments she has posted on the internet are not "private".  If she instead wrote them in her personal diary, then those would be private.  Since you were able to find it, so can your company.  It will be only a matter of time until someone else at your company finds these comments.

Answer 2

I would only address it if she is threatening damage to your practice, or she is mentioning your company specifically in her tirades.

Answer 3

??!!  You work in a law office?  Of all places, you should have access to clarification on this. I would think that anyone working in the legal field HAS TO have some grasp of ethical standards, and discretion in a professional field.  The comments are clearly not limited to private friends or access. She is acting more like a high school kid, gossiping about her friends (or not friends).  And this (to me) could be harmful to the reputation of the office as a whole.

It does not sound as if you are in authority on this, and I would not want to see someone fired/ lose a job. For her own sake, I certainly would want to give this girl a huge wake up call about professional standards.  

Answer 4

Yes, it's her personal page, but it's basically the same as if she'd said all of this to someone at the store and you over heard. The basic principle is, if she doesn't want ppl to know what she thinks then she shouldnt' share her thoughts in public. If it's bothering you, as I'm sure it is, then I would approach her with it but I would wait till the end of the day. And if it were me I think I would ask her why she works there if she hates it so bad...but that's just me.

Answer 5

If the comments relating to you are unkind why not print it off on your computer and leave a copy on

her desk....don't say anything just do it.

She how she reacts to it as maybe she just does'nt realise that her colleagues can actually read this stuff.

Answer 6

you give this person to much credit and place far to much importance on their opinions. does it really matter what anyone who looks at and reads her "facebook" page  thinks.

it would seem that everyone in this office may have to much "free" time on their hands.