Was she telling the truth?
December 18th, 2010 at 3:00 pm by David FarrarVictoria Robinson at the Dom Post reports:
A former Social Development Ministry employee landed in hot water after posting a Facebook description of herself as a “very expensive paperweight”, “highly competent in the art of time wastage, blame-shifting and stationary [sic] theft”.
The Employment Relations Authority in Auckland this week refused to uphold a complaint from Tania Dickinson, 34, that she was unfairly dismissed from her role as a prison reintegration case manager at Work and Income’s Kawakawa service centre.
She was sacked in April for her comments on the social networking site, as well as arson charges she was facing at the time, and an incident in 2007 where she had been given a formal warning for accessing records of clients that she knew.
I suspect her arson charges were the bigger factor. However one does wonder whether the descriptions of her job were in fact correct.
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December 18th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Seems very tough for a government employee to lose her job for merely publicly admitting that she faithfully carried out the example set by her overlords in the house.
Vote:December 18th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
At least she got her job description right on facebooks Now, only 15999 government employees( human paper weights) to go.
Vote:December 18th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
accessing info unauthorised, nah – sack her no prob.
Vote:however her job title is an important link for rehab – a big need. so sad she wasn’t up to the responsibility for it.
December 18th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
What a stupid, stupid woman posting this on a publicly accessible forum.
The fact that sh is from Kawakawa probably explains her lack of brains.
Vote:December 18th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4473337/Abuse-of-child-horrifies-authorities
With stories like this available, I think she got off lightly wasting or abusing our time and money.
Vote:December 18th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Dickinson doesn’t sound like a Murri name!
Must be I guess being Kawakawa and all.
Vote:December 18th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Just like Wikileaks, punished for telling the truth. What is the world coming to. tsk tsk.
Vote:December 18th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
It always astounds me that people like this then feel they have a case for reinstatement or, even better, compensation.
Vote:December 18th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
I suspect since all public employees dont do arson this person is not your usual employee.
Vote:December 19th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Seems she has no intention of working again. Workhouses were designed for that sort of person. However in the 21st century they are supposed to be paid sufficient benefit to partake fully in society. There IMO needs to be a very basic benefit for that sort of person that includes basic ‘container’ accommodation, food parcels worth $4 a day (supplied via Corrections), op shop clothing vouchers and minimal pocket money for payphone, stamps, etc.
Vote:December 19th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Posting that stuff was the last straw for her bosses!
As well as the fact that she was up on arson charges against someone she met through her work with the prisons.
If you are stupid enough to post that ion your facebook, burn down other peoples houses then you don’t get to work for the Govt.
Further reading:
http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local/news/four-years-jail-for-arson-attack-that-cost-300000/3933560/
I say she got off lightly considering she lit the house fire in the young daughters room.
Vote:December 19th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Which union is this woman a staunch supporter of ?
Vote:December 19th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
burt – she is now elegible for membership of the Beneficiaries’ Union.
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