Stephanie Bon, an employee of the publicly owned Lloyds banking group, has been sacked after criticising the salary of her boss on Facebook.

Despite deleting the post within hours Bon’s employment contract with the firm was cancelled and she was escorted from the office.

Speaking of her sacking Bon said: “It was hard losing my job. Luckily I had my friends and family that were there to help me out. If I have got an opinion, I write it because I don't expect my friends to grass me up."

A Lloyds TSB spokesman was adamant that Bon’s departure had “absolutely nothing to do with Facebook” adding: “The work she had been brought in to do was coming to an end and so she was given her notice. It was only after the notice was served that the comments she made on Facebook then came to light."