Hello folks, want to have your take on this situation...

I randomly googled an Intern at my office (recently completed NYSC), and he had this on his Twitter timeline (and I quote). i took a screenshot of the timeline.

"To whoever that cares to listen i.e. the biatchhh in the office, don't underestimate me"

He may have been referring to any of my female colleagues; or even me.

This is an intern that has difficulty concentrating on the simplest of tasks, most times I would rather do the work my self than assign to him because it is common knowledge that he is incompetent, most people free him because he is/was a corper.

At a minimum he needs to delete the tweet, At the same time I think he needs to be taught a lesson.

Should I involve HR? or at least his direct mentor(we have a mentorship programme at my office?)

P.S I am not witch hunting him, I just cannot ignore this because IMO, it is wrong.

Thanks.

Since he wasn't referring to anyone directly, you don't need to rat him out to HR.
Are you his direct supervisor? Then you need to speak to him about it, and pass him some useful advice about the (mis)use of social media. In advanced countries these days, hiring managers google candidates and try to see what they've been up to on social media.

The biaaatch he was talking about was probably the one googling his name and stalking his twitter.

eledalo: The biaaatch he was talking about was probably the one googling his name and stalking his twitter.

AjanleKoko: Since he wasn't referring to anyone directly, you don't need to rat him out to HR.
Are you his direct supervisor? Then you need to speak to him about it, and pass him some useful advice about the (mis)use of social media. In advanced countries these days, hiring managers google candidates and try to see what they've been up to on social media.

Thanks. I agree with you on his not referring to anyone directly. Since I am not his direct supervisor I will ignore thuis. Just wanted to have a feel for what I should have don't under the circumstances. And telling HR was not meant to 'rat' him out.

AjanleKoko: Since he wasn't referring to anyone directly, you don't need to rat him out to HR.
Are you his direct supervisor? Then you need to speak to him about it, and pass him some useful advice about the (mis)use of social media. In advanced countries these days, hiring managers google candidates and try to see what they've been up to on social media.

Thanks. I agree with you on his not referring to anyone directly. Since I am not his direct supervisor I will ignore. Just wanted to have a feel for what I should have done under the circumstances. And telling HR was not meant to 'rat' him out.

eledalo: The biaaatch he was talking about was probably the one googling his name and stalking his twitter.

I hear you. However can you say you have never googled anyone before? I would not call my behavior stalking. If you are up for a discussion, I am game. Cheers.

Tolulop001:

I hear you. However can you say you have never googled anyone before? I would not call my behavior stalking. If you are up for a discussion, I am game. Cheers.

Still sounds like you have probably crossed swords with said intern in the past.
Might be best to back off the dude, unless he reports to you and as such is your responsibility. It's not really your concern how he turns out, you know.

I have not o. He has been (?)rude to other folks though.

I even google myself to see what comes up!

Thanks.

Except the twitter account is verified, HR might not be able to act on this.
Even, If the guy admits that is his account, he can also claim his account was hacked

Afterall almighty @AP account was hacked and sent a tweet of terrorist attack in white house

Dude is lucky he is not in the West. He would have tweeted another picture of his sack letter by now. Lol.
It has become norm these days for companies to go through staff social media profiles to ensure confidencial information are not being leaked and that company's image are not also smeared by insiders.
Infact most fortune 100 companies job application links have options to connect with your social media account.
I advise people these days to google their names once in a while and see what comes up. As long as you are a corporate employee, you need a clean image, offline and online.
By the way, was it not Bauchi's governor that sacked a civil servant sometime ago because of his FB comment?