Colleague posting inappropriate things on SM

[JanS17]

My (male) colleague has been posting things on social media essentially slagging off our (female) manager. Manager doesn’t have SM, but other colleagues are also friends with him and will be able to see what he’s posting.

Would I be unreasonable to report it to my manager, or should I keep my nose out and leave it alone?

So @JanS17 what's he actually saying and whats the team dynamic?

Mr Man being left in charge of the phone, the mailbox and all the impossible tasks while the besties go for a three hour lunch break. Him having the audacity to not be happy with that has probably “upset the team dynamic”.

Wow y’all make up lots of stories when you don’t know what’s going on!!

You haven’t explained what he’s said, or why it’s upsetting the team dynamic. We have no choice but to read between the lines really.

🍿awaits op making up something to paint Mr Man in a bad light, but in which he's still not put where he works or who he means....🍿😆

Depends entirely on what he has actually posted, I think.

You obviously may not want to disclose the exact post but, for example is it...

A rant filled with personal insults about her?

A meme about shit management style?

As others said it depends in what is said. I am a manager and know my staff sometimes vent on decisions made but I don’t take it personally. Usually decisions are not mine but are communicated by me.

If you're friendly with him I'd consider talking to him & say that people can see what he wrote about manager & someone might report - although I hasten to add that it depends on what exactly he's written & whether it's personal & obviously slating her.

Do you work where I work OP? We have one exactly like this too. He's upset pretty much everybody and is very good at posting* *cryptic messages on SM blatantly aimed at the manager without naming her!

Either go to him direct and say that you don't agree with him doing it or keep out of it all.

If the comments are just general moaning about his boss then I don't see why you need to complain. It would be different if he was being sexist or sexually degrading.

Workplace bullying doesn't always start confined to the workplace. If he has other a team members as "friends" or followers then no wonder it's affecting the team. I'd report, it's real lay unprofessional.

My friend works for the NHS and did similar to your colleague. She raised a grievance against the person who reported her for bullying and it was successfully upheld as she had neither named the manager nor trust. Apparently she was waiting for this person to report her because she was racist and picked my friend and other black people up on random things that she never picked her colleagues up for and had all the evidence to back her up. So you need to tread carefully and examine your own behaviour at work because this could be a trap.

Somebody not liking their manager and vague posting about it is hardly bullying lol

If your friends with him on social media I'd block him.

@JanS17 What is he actually saying on SM? How had he affected the team dynamic?

If he's calling your boss a bitch and saying women shouldn't be in charge then of course report him. If he's just moaning, in anonymous terms, that his work's leadership is shite then leave him alone.

The reason you've had contradictory and useless replies is that no-one has enough info to usefully comment.

I assumed they were saying op, manager and rest of team were being bullies what with the 'now you're here, everything's ruined' attitude to Mr Man!

Unless the post mentions her or the company by name or it's racist, sexist, or includes threats of physical violence then no you shouldn't get involved.

If you don't like what he's posting then unfriend or block him.

No, I've actually done this before. It was effective.

Did you have a better idea?

Did you have a better idea?

Yes - keep the hell out of it!

In the NHS, you have a whistleblowing policy. Is this sort of thing covered? Means you can do it anonymously (well, you can where I work - education), and someone will be appointed to look into it.
I'd have thought there are professional boundaries which are expected to be complied with, even outwith work. I have worked with healthcare students, and they are told and told not to post controversial things online. I've had reason to deal with a student who tweeted derogatory terms about disabled people on a bus, for example....