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Workers Flood Blogs With Company Secrets

14% of employees admit spilling dirt

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(Newser) – Company secrets are an endangered species in our blog-happy society, reports the Wall Street Journal. A survey has found that 14% of US workers admit to leaking confidential or embarrassing company information to outsiders. Salary cuts and impending layoffs are common topics leaked to industry blogs.

One Oregon law firm received telephone inquiries from a blogger just 41 minutes after divulging secret layoff plans to "three or four" trusted employees. Some companies are responding by limiting employee email access or introducing attachment-sniffing software to weed out missives with sensitive documents. The leaks have multiplied as the economy sinks, and workers hit by cuts strike back.

14% of U.S. workers surveyed admitted to leaking confidential or embarrassing company information to outsiders.
14% of U.S. workers surveyed admitted to leaking confidential or embarrassing company information to outsiders.   (©stevendepolo)
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schmidtkoff
Jul 20, 09 9:06 AM CDT
i say good for the bloggers. it won't do any good but it sure is good to vent. i work for a despicable company (that took over my former company), a multi-psychiatric hospital conglomerate that has facilities throughout the us, puerto rico and virgin islands. when they took over they eliminated any matching 401k contribs., eliminated all holidays except thanksgiving, christmas and new years, cut out double time for holidays, and are now working feverishly to eliminate any ot. in addition raises were reduced to 2% because they claimed there were too many workman comp cases. psi inc. not a blog here, but that's my vent. Reply
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Reader2795
Jul 20, 09 10:02 AM CDT
I have a number of stories, with facts to back up notorious abuse in the workplace, especially by financial service companies and banks. Employers act like new Plantation owners, beating and whipping the employees into submission for ?able job security, if you cost them to much in salary or benefits, are sick or old, and don't agree totally with them, a star chamber is convened and your gone Reply
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TerrifiedCitizen
Jul 20, 09 12:51 PM CDT
The masses have always griped about their jobs; it's the real national pastime. Reply
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2-bits
Jul 20, 09 3:58 PM CDT
"attachment-sniffing software" - This will be so quickly defeated you don't even know. Covert channels, people. Reply
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