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Nintendo Says Bye to Blogging Beauty over Co-Worker Comments


Submitted by thankeeka on October 1, 2007 - 7:55am. Females in Gaming News

You see, this is why I don't blog, because I'm quick to anger and I hold it all in, so if I was to blog I'd just spew the pent up frustration all over the virtual page. Apparently one Jessica Zenner had the same problem, as she was recently fired by Nintendo for blogging about her problems with the company and co-workers online. The amazing thing is that apparently she blogged under a fake name and didn't use specifics, but when you go posting your picture you've doomed yourself to failure.

From the article:

A Nintendo contract employee found herself on the unemployment line recently over too-candid blog postings.

As reported by Seattle alternative paper The Stranger, Jessica Zenner was let go by Mario & Co. on August 31st:

Zenner… can now be added to the ever-growing list of casualties in the workplace war on blogs… All they did was participate in the great American pastime: bitching about work

…Zenner says she was never informed of any blog policy at Nintendo, but even so, she wrote under the pen name “Jessica Carr”—although she posted pictures of herself on her site—and never mentioned her employer by name. Somehow, Zenner’s bosses at Nintendo still found her site.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com


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