Can I get fired if my employer finds out about my writing hobby?
Using a pen name does not guarantee total protection, as dedicated coworkers or administrators can still trace self-published works back to you. Being identified can lead to severe professional consequences, including job termination and the loss of your teaching license.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Using a pen nameDid this help you?
- 2Deleting post historyDid this help you?
- 3Not telling colleagues or people at schoolDid this help you?
- 4Avoiding writing characters based on real colleaguesDid this help you?
- 5Refraining from using school Wi-Fi to access or read the contentDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Had an English colleague that used a pen name and while it took years her self published works were still found and tied back to her. Lost her job, her license, and our librarian sued her”source ↗
“So my question is, if SOMEHOW, it got out that I do this, can a school fire me?”source ↗