By now you’ve probably heard the story of the HMV employee gone rogue as a group of them were let go at once.
“We’re tweeting live from HR where we’re all being fired! Exciting!! #hmvXFactorFiring,” read the initial message from @HMVtweets, which has more than 70,000 Twitter followers.
This happened while 60 employees at the 91-year-old company were laid off during a round of downsizing.
Through seven subsequent tweets, Poppy Rose Cleere, the company’s newly axed 21-year-old online marketing and social media planner, aired the company’s dirty laundry to the world. (more…)