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Sprint/Nextel Will Fire Any Employee Caught Participating In Blogs

'Sprint/Nextel employees caught commenting or contributing to online venues, blogs, or consumer report-venues would be researched, identified, and documented via Corporate Security team and fired, announced Sprint senior council Len Kennedy via intracompany email Monday.

Kennedy sent the notice throughout the entire enterprise, according to a source inside Sprint. The concern is that such leaks could compromise Sprint's competitive positioning

The Sprint Executive Service teams monitors online venues for potentially damaging PR or threatening legal issues seeming to arise from internal leaks.

Executive Services forwards these flagged items to Corporate Security, a division working in concert with Legal and HR. Attached to Corporate Security are a number of internet adroit sleuths who try to track down leaks and document for termination, using Google and various online tools.'

'Being a former Sprint employee terminated by corporate security I can tell you they're nasty. I was violating company policy and brought in on a moments'notice to meet with them, I never even saw it coming.

They basically bring you into a private room and interogate the shit out of you like you were picked up on a homicide charger. The interogation last for anywhere from 2-8 hours, it's brutal. I was then terminated 2 days later with almost no explanation. Sprint ruined Nextel and I can't wait until Verizon consumes Sprint and fires all the scumbags like Gary Forsee.'

'I SO believe you jblake1...

I used to work for a telecom company offering landline, mobile and isp services (+ many more)... and I know that employees taking sick days, but with a cell phone signal tracked in another city, or "moving" all day long were disciplined. Others were "spied" on (landline and cell phone records) to prove that they had unwanted "liaisons" (i.e. boss with subordinate).

BAH... I am so glad I am not working there anymore, because these stories are just the tip of the iceberg.'