Disgruntled employees may be a company’s worst reputation issue.  With a recession and workers being laid off from their jobs more workers have hit the web to write unfavorable reports about their former employer.

There are a few ways to help cure this corporate issue.  Have your employees sign an agreement of good faith to uphold a good public image.  There are a few legal forms you can obtain that have different agreements for employees.  This would be similar to a letter of non-compete.

Another way you can help reduce the change of a disgruntled employee firing back at the company reputation is to make it clear when you hire them that their is a possibility of layoffs, and that firing should not come as a surprise to any employee.

The way you fire or ‘let go’ an employee is also important.  “Do not burn your bridges” as they would say because it could cause problems in the future.

For companies to optimize their reputation and defend their brand name, Ormny offers an online reputation monitoring service.  We can view reports, feeds, search engine listings, and whitepapers with keyword targeted phrases.  With this service you can help minimize unfavorable reports that have a chance to surface on the first pages of search engines.