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People Losing There Jobs Due to Social Media

Connor Riley, Would-be Cisco Employee on March 2009, 22-year old Connor Riley was offered a job at Cisco. Her first instinct was to tweet about how she was going to hate working there.

Unfortunately, Riley's tweet mentioned that taking a "fatty paycheck" would come at the expense of "hating the work." A Cisco employee responded told the hiring manager about the tweet and Riley lost the job before it was even started.



Larry Johnson, NFL Running Back

In the fall of 2009, former Pro Bowl running back Larry Johnson sent a series of inflammatory tweets that got him into some hot water with his employer, the Kansas City Chiefs.

After being suspended for a game for his remarks -- which included derogatory remarks about his coach and a gay slur directed at a fan -- 32,000 Chiefs fans petitioned the team to release Johnson from his contract. The Chiefs obliged.

Gilbert Gottfried, Former Aflac Spokesman

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried isn't exactly known for his tact. Still, when the comedian made jokes about the Japanese tsunami, the people at Aflac, where Gottfried as served as spokesman, were not pleased.

Aflac fired Gottfried from his role as voice of the Aflac duck and then embarked on an innovative social media campaign to find a new spokesduck.