Ha! Ha! Fooled you! This isn't about my boss; it is written for my boss or any potential employer who comes across my web site.

It is becoming a trend for companies to research their employees and potential employees on the internet. They look and find your dirty little secrets that you posted for everyone to see, and then make employment decisions based on it. I find this extremely disturbing. It is the equivalent of stalking someone. While I understand that the internet is a public place and I posted the information there with that understanding, the shopping mall is a public place too. If you followed me around the mall watching everything I looked at and who I talked to, I would be very freaked out. This behavior would be socially unacceptable and possibly illegal. Yet people have distorted judgment about these types of issues online. At the very least, it should be considered unethical in a business situation.

If I go to a bar when I'm off work, I don't say "I can't get drunk because my boss might see me and fire me for it." It is not a business related function. If I'm not wearing the company name, then I'm not representing the company. If I'm not doing anything illegal, my actions should be of no concern to my employer.

With all that said, I would like to respectfully ask any employer, coworker or potential employer to disregard and ignore anything they may find on my personal web site. I don't bring my issues to work with me, so there is no reason that you should do it.