My co-worker just posted a note on facebook about how she hates her job. Should I say anything to her?

Telling her would be nice—but keep in mind that she might think it’s weird that you’ve been looking at her facebook profile (unless she already knows you use facebook). Tell her that she should remember that other people might read that.

Or just tell her to set her facebook profile so that only friends can see what she writes.

We’re facebook friends, so it’s legit that I saw it.

Just tell her you are concerned that other people might see it and that might work against her. And maybe she was just having a bad day, we all go through that! But you won’t know if you don’t talk to her.

Wow. That is a tough one. If it were me, I know one side of me would want to say something, while the other side would want to just ignore it. But it is probably best if you mention it to her. Especially because the concerns about how it portrays her and the company to co-workers and possible future employees is legit.

Maybe you could encourage her to take her dissatisfaction to the upper management to get it worked out. Sometimes it is just the little things that bug us and could be solved easily if we just talk it out to people who could help.

I guess if it is a huge concern for you still after you have talked to her, you could take it to your boss. But maybe that would make it worse. I don’t know. But if it hurts the image of the company, that is definitely not good. My boss just initiated some survey software program to measure how satisfied we are with our jobs. It is great because if there is a problem, we can let the upper management know before it gets out of hand. Maybe you can suggest that to your boss so you can avoid future issues? That might help.

Good luck with talking with her. You are braver than I am!