Blogging About Work

Apparently, some people have been blogging a little too much about their jobs, according to NY Times article. One was asked to stop using the company’s name. Others were fired. I can’t understand why they didn’t know better than this.

Many of my coworkers know I have a website. I used to have the name of the company I worked for on my page, but I have removed it since then. It’s no one’s business, and I don’t want to appear to be representing the company’s views in any way. Given that I work in health care, it would be illegal for me to post stories about my patients. I take no chances in that area. My work in biotech pharmaceuticals is such a specialized area that it would be very difficult to explain what goes on anyway. I am certainly not going to post things about my coworkers for the whole world to read. It’s hard for me to imagine how that would not be detraction.