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How Facebook can get you fired

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ANI London
Last Updated : Apr 29 2015 | 3:22 PM IST

There should be certain things that you shouldn't be doing on Facebook, unless you want get fired from your new job.

Learn from the mistake of a 27-year-old year-old mom, Kaitlyn Walls, who took to the social media site to crib about her new workplace, even though she hadn't started working there yet, the Daily Star reported.

The young mother from Texas, who was not happy about working in a day care centre but had taken the job because she was "desperate," told her Facebook friends that she "absolutely hate working at day care."

While she got a lot negative reactions for her post, her new employer stumbled upon it as well after its surge media attention, and fired her.

Walls said that she regretted the post, and had actually cried for she had no intention of offending anyone. She was a mother herself and loved children and it was just a big mistake.

She apologized on Facebook for her "stupidity" and vowed never post anything like that again.

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First Published: Apr 29 2015 | 3:12 PM IST

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