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Clacton: Teen sacked for Facebook chat

10:03am Thursday 26th February 2009


A TEENAGER was sacked for calling calling her job “boring” on a website.

Kimberley Swann, of Clacton, says she did nothing wrong when she wrote a Facebook status saying she was finding her work as an office administrator boring.

The 16-year-old's comment went unnoticed at the time, but several weeks later her boss found out about the old post, and she was fired.

She said: “I was told I would be escorted off the premises.

“I did not even put the company's name, I just put that my job was boring."

She was handed a letter on Monday morning telling her she was being sacked.

It said: “Following your comments about your job that and the company we feel it is better that, as you are not happy and do not enjoy your work, we end yout employment with Ivell Marketing & Logistics with immediate effect.”

Stephen Ivell, the owner of the company, based in Stephenson Road West, Clacton said: “We do everything by the book."

For the full story, see today's Clacton Gazette.


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doomocha, clacton says...
10:55am Thu 26 Feb 09

Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox. Request your boss as a friend (only way to view status) and then slag the job off he gave you...

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Fed Up, N E Essex says...
7:10pm Thu 26 Feb 09

No doubt using Facebook in company time. Correct Action Mr. Ivell

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damo66a, Clacton says...
12:11pm Fri 27 Feb 09

Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox - that maybe so, using facebook in work time - fair enough.

But to get sacked for saying you've had a boring day? I don't think that's fair or as a matter of fact, legal. Majority of companies have rules whereby you are not supposed to bring your private life into work or to have it interfere with the company, yet, it is ok for them to involve YOUR private life with work when they see fit. This person, didn't even mention the companies name.

In this current climate it is hard enough to get a job in the first place without sacking someone for simply saying a job is boring or that theyve had a boring day. I mean, who hasn't at some point throughout their entire employment said they are bored? I think, given how young the employee is and the context of what was said possibly a written warning would have sufficed.

I also agree with the persons parent, Clacton IS boring, I aint gonna get kicked out of my house for saying so am I!

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Goldylocks, Colchester says...
12:25pm Fri 27 Feb 09

This young lady is better off not working for such a company. Sounds like she was employed by a really crass arrogant man.

I hope a nice friendly local business that actually supports it's staff development takes her on and sponsors her through a business/administrat
ion course at a local college.

Ivell Marketing & Logistics sounds like a horrible place to work. Hopefully with all the negative press they are getting, business for Mr Ivell will ground to a close very soon.

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Karla17, Clacton says...
12:37pm Fri 27 Feb 09

Quite a few news websites are saying that this girl was physically marched off the premises by staff, if this is so and I was the parents, I'd be thinking of taking her to the local police station and reporting an assault.

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Sir Lee Old Geezer, Frinton on Sea says...
7:30pm Fri 27 Feb 09

I think an employer finds staff are bored he should benefit from their obvious ability to do better and give them more to do and more responsibility. Where was his sense of humour...? I hope all of facebook boycotts his products ..whatever they are

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weigherman, Broughton says...
5:24pm Sat 28 Feb 09

http://www.ivell.com
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If this is this companies web site they appear to have some very careing labour policies,but I think they only apply to workers it out sources British production to in Asia, draw your own conclussions.

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14/88I.S,D.93, little clacton says...
10:20am Sat 7 Mar 09

sorry for highjacking your page but it seems like we are not gona get to have our say on a clacton landmark that they want to turn in to a HINDU TEMPLE witch i think is a insult to all our forgotten hero,s that keeped our town and county safe in the wars now if the BNP wanted to set up a base then thered be wars and the public can have there say about the patriotic bloke in col for flying his flags for his county yet we cant have our say on turnig this tower in to a temple our forefathers must be turning there graves but then again it's just another way of suppressing the english man.
one last thing if we wonted to set up a church in there county answer this your self wot would happen??????????????

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