– but 55% support disciplinary action for doing so

Almost 40 per cent of UK employees criticise their workplace on social media, with one in five admitting to lambasting their bosses, a recent survey reveled.

Nearly 60 per cent confessed they would change what they wrote on their social networking profile if they knew their employer was reading it – yet recent Facebook privacy settings changes mean many employers could already be checking up on staff.

The employee research – conducted for MyJobGroup.co.uk which operates the UK’s largest network of regional job boards – showed over half (55 per cent) of workers believed fellow staff should face disciplinary action for criticising their workplace on social networking sites.

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