It’s one of the golden rules of being employed today: your work and your personal social media should never mix. Chances are, your boss won’t take too kindly to repeated thirst traps, or a sh*tposting phase. In roles where public reputation matters (or they claim it does), it can make having an internet prescence difficult. At this point, we’ve all seen the cautionary tales of people who should have thought about their livelihoods before posting, but it doesn’t seem to stop us running our mouths on the internet. 

At the same time, we are all entitled to put whatever we want online, so long as we’re not harming anyone. This means that it can come as a rude awakening when employers start to take notice, as recently happened to @iUsedToBeADuck. When the person interviewing her pulled up her Twitter, she shared her predicament on the platform. It’s fair to say that few were impressed with either side of the story. Time to go and switch every account to private!