Woman Fired for Moonlighting At Work

Creativity in slow time ? it was a huge bull****s. I agree that she was fired and more than fired, the company should sue her for wasting company resources, and untrustworthy act

Maybe it was an office romance..that brought the idea for her noval...LOL

2 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF ELECTRIC CURRENT PASSING TROUGH THE SAME WIRE FOR A SHORT TIME.
PHYSICAL LAWS THAT ARE ALWAYS THERE, AND THAT SHOW UP AGAIN AND AGAIN IN DIFFERENT BUSINESSSPACES.
OFTEN THE ONE CURRENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE RIGHT, AND THE OTHER IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE WRONG, BUT A FEW SERIOUS BUSINESSPEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COORDINATE THESE TWO, AND MAKE THEM SUPPORT EACH OTHER,
DONALD TRUMP WOULD SAY THAT IF SHE HAD HAD MORE REAL PASSION PARALLEL WITH THE MAIN ECONOMIC INTEREST OF HER EMPLOYERS, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER AND A HAPPIER EMPLOYEE.
BUT WOULD THAT NOT HAVE BEEN A SCARING SCENARIO?
REAL PASSION FOR industrial equipment!
REAL PASSION, THE FIRST LAW IN MY TRUMP ECONOMICS BOOK, IS NOT LOYAL WITH THE EMPLOYER; IT IS LOYAL WITH THE SPENDER!
PASSION WORKS AGAINST THE MONEY-TIDE.
AND DONALD TRUMP SHOULD WRITE A WHOLE BOOK ABOUT IT.
OR AT LEAST TRY TO ANSWER THIS ONE QUESTION:
HOW CAN YOU SAY PASSION, WHEN THE WHOLE IDEA WITH MONEY FROM THE OUTSET WAS:
WITH MONEY YOU CAN MAKE PEOPLE DO THINGS THEY DON´T LIKE.
THE ANSWER TO THIS Q WOULD MEAN EVERYTHING FOR MY ECONOMICS-STUDY,
BECAUSE IT WOULD LEAD TO APPLICATION OF THE TRUMP-POINTS.

Moonlighting at work is wrong. However what is not mentioned in this article is whether she was warned first. I do not believe short of theft that anyone should be fired until they have had a clear opportunity to correct that which the boss deems wrong.

Of course had I seen this woman writing a novel on my dime rest assured I would obscurely consider this theft as I would be billed for hours she did not serve me.

I wrote an article years ago at work to be submitted to the newspaper. To be sure it was my lunch break. When I slipped out to grab a refill on my coffee I found everyone sobbing around my computer at the office :)

They loved my article and to this day I gained heaps of respect not only from my collegues but from my boss herself.

Granted my article had substance and was not that of fiction and romance.

By contrast I have noticed a hotel in town who encourages their employees to use the hot tubs but not the computers each ammenty there for the guests. There are not enough computer stations for all of the staff, but apparently there is enough room in the hot tubs.

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As a former security guard I had more trouble with staff bringing their laptops and ipods to work than that of their use on the company's computers. The kids didn't understand this concept of theft. Since they were night auditors they were paid the most per hour, and many of those hours are spent doing nothing but sitting at the desk. To stay awake they would bring their toys to work. Gosh I wish I could get paid to play on my laptop...

Dear Mr. Trump and the Trump and NBC Staff,

Not yet finding the right or best place for this post in a hurry, but I want to get something out there and say:

I think Trump failed us all in this week's episode and in how he handled the board room situation with the guys and the women.

Pierce or "Pierz" should have been FIRED. SOMEONE was supposed to be fired for the loss and we were ALL let down that Donald Trump skated that duty by simply accepting the actor's resignation, throwing up his manicured hands and saying "oh, well...interesting!"

A resignation is just that... a RESIGNATION. That did not "trump" the Donald's duty to FIRE someone on the losing team... and a team that created and put together, on their own and without the "rat's" input, a LOSING CAMPAIGN. I, for one, am disappointed and shocked that a firing did not occur. What IS this? Trump...were did your HEAD GO?

I thought this show was not simple "entertainment" but, in fact, a show that also employs and educates viewers on the specificities, intricacies and hard core realities of what it takes to actually run a successful business.

What a crock...Let the weak link slip through the cracks like a spineless mouse in a house? Huh? Where's the CAT? Too fat on the lamb to care?

FIRE THE FLAME. What the heck did he do to contribute? The "very fat Italian" at least had more integrity, guts and support from the majority of the team to begin with, and he RESIGNED! The girls won on their own, no doubt, but this episode was a huge disappointment and not only were viewers cheated (hey, the bottom line...right?) but the SHOW WAS CHEATED, and Trump broke his own rules here. Donald...What happened? Cat get your tongue?

FIRE SOMEONE.

Wren Owens
CEO/Farm Manager
Close-Knit Alpacas &
Alpacas in the USA!

Wow. I can really relate to that story. I think in a capitalistic free market economy, the business owner has every right to decide she shouldn't work for them anymore because she's using their equipment for her own personal use.

Having said that, I do the same thing! I always make sure my work is done first, and the boss's requests always come first. I also try to do my own work on break times and lunch times. But the truth is, if I really need to write some personal notes and the work has slowed down a little (usually while the attorney is working on a project that he's about to give back to me) I use my waiting time to "do my own thing." But I always remember, it's not my computer or my desk or much of anything else; they're just letting me use them.

I knew a rank-and-file employee who was retiring from a Fortune 20 company. The CEO of the company invited him in to his office where they spoke for about half and hour! Well, like, one dog year is equivalent to seven human years, a CEO's half hour is equivalent to the average worker spending one month talking at the water cooler!

That's one story, I'll never forget.

I'll bet if that employee who was fired in Iowa for writing a romance novel on company time
DID become the next J.K. Rowling, she would be making alot of people HAPPY. The media would have a field day (or more) comparing her to Britt Spears. Dr. Phil could analyze her in public to find out for sure if she was "crazy" at the time she was writing it and people who worked in the company with her would ask for her autograph. She could meet Oprah in person, contribute money to her favorite non-profits and charities, hire the best producers to create her own reality show... the opportunities are endless.
Shi_ jobs are merely stepping stones to greater opportunity. Who do you know that is famous for working in an industrial plant if they aren't the CEO who was caught stealing the retirement funds of ALL the employees?

"To be or not to be, that is the question." Master William Shakespeare

I hope this woman's passion for writing merits the risk she took and was fired.

I would love it if she became a successful writer who is happy with her CAREER.

Job or CAREER? I would go with a CAREER! My choice, my work, my happiness.
Cheryle

A book I heard of a few years ago was titled 'Steal Yourself Rich' by Abbie Hoffman Its whole point was that you should get ahead any way you can and take as much as you can from your employer - including time. To me, this is like attacking the driver when you are the passenger. If he wrecks, you will get hurt too. I heard the book summarized on NPR. I did not read it.

There are jobs where it is okay to do your own work along with the task at hand as long as it doesn't interfere. A few times in my life, I learned what an employer expected. For example, as a clerk in the local drug store, the boss told me that even if a customer came before closing and started talking as he sipped his cherry float, I needed to begin cleaning instead of catering to the customer. Once I understood what was expected, I did as expected.