Here’s another example of a ticked-off employee taking his frustrations to the Web – and leaking confidential information while he’s at it.

An IT employee at Chrysler found out the company was getting rid of hundreds of tech jobs, in favor of outsourcing. Assuming he was about to be canned, he started posting comments on the Web site of the Detroit Free Press.

Among them was a statement telling people to boycott Chrysler and inviting them to “e-mail Nardelli and tell him what a great job he is doing” – and then listing CEO Rob Nardelli’s e-mail address.

After Nardelli’s Blackberry started lighting up and the company found out why, the employee was fired. The official reason: for breaking the company’s policy against leaking confidential information online.

Here’s a lesson

Whether or not and e-mail address can be considered confidential is open for debate, but as this story shows, it isn’t hard for a disgruntled employee to use the Web for something disruptive.

Companies should have policies prohibiting certain online activity – most importantly, leaking sensitive information. Otherwise, it can be difficult to fire or discipline if it ever happens.

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