Employee Gets Fired for Posting Paycheck Photo on Instagram

We’ve heard about getting fired for an inappropriate tweet or Facebook post but now Instagram has joined the game.

Our friends at Gothamist reported that Wade Groom, the top salesperson for the U.S. branch of Lacoste, posted a picture of his paycheck to Instagram.

As you can imagine, the corporate office in France was less than pleased and said it was a breach of the employee confidentiality agreement.

He explained to AOL Jobs, “I guess I signed a confidentiality agreement with something about social media, but who reads those? I had to sign to get the job.”

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