Yes – it can be done. You can tweet your husband to a raise. In fact – I tweeted my husband into a whopping 8% raise in this awful economy two months ago. Though I must caution… I wouldn’t recommend doing this to anyone unless you are absolutely sure that their employer values them… A LOT!
Here’s how I did it:
JobsBoston: Check out this great opportunity in ABC industry LINK
MyTwitterUserame: @JobsBoston Wow! What a great opportunity – my Hubby would be perfect as he does ABC for 123 Company
123 Company’s PR Firm then trolled through Twit search and found the one and only tweet in the stream about their company – they then alerted the Director of HR in FUCKING GERMANY! The HR Director in FUCKING GERMANY then spent TWO WHOLE FUCKING DAYS reading every single post I wrote in the 4 years I’ve been blogging on my blog. (Obviously their HR department needs to find some REAL work to do!).
Two days later my hubby was called into the HR Department to meet with the HR Manager who then asked him point blank if he was looking for work. My husband, who knew nothing about my tweet, adamantly denied it. HR didn’t believe him and finally told my husband that his wife had made a comment online that indicated otherwise, however they did not tell him where online or that they now have red-flagged my blog. My Hubby being the bright awesome man that he is, told them that he can’t be held liable for anything his wife says.
My hubby then ignored me for a week for getting him in trouble. (Really – can you blame him?)
The week long silent treatment finally ended when he came home waving an offer from his employer for an 8% raise. They took my tweet seriously! My husband makes good money so 8% was a fair hike! He was ecstatic and finally forgave me by taking me out for dinner J
Great news right? Well… not entirely… his company still trolls my blog site on a regular basis (I can tell thanks to Google Analytics) and this is why I’ve now launched this private blog not linked to any other of my online identities – Welcome to my not-so-humble new abode.
