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I have a page on a social network site. Mentioned that I had a bad night, for three nights. Recently, I got called into my boss's office. There were COPIES of my page sitting on the desk. I was told to watch what I say, because by saying I had a bad night, it was bad for the company image. Then I was told that my page would be monitered closely for the next few months:mad: I went home and immediately upped my privacy settings to and took down my place of employment. I felt completely violated.
Just want to gently remind everyone, be very careful what you put up on websites. I don't drink, smoke or get high. I never post any inappropriate pictures. If I can get called out for posting that I had a bad night, it can happen to anyone. Oh, the world we live in....
It might be over kill, but I'm a NS and I don't even mention my school. EVER. Even when I got my acceptance letter to the program, I didn't say a word. You just never know these days. Even saying something positive can be misconstrued. I agree with another poster...its a sad police state we live in now days.
Employers regularly check the Internet social network sites to see what potential employees have online about themselves. It's COMMON.
Keep in mind that there are also people "out there" who make it a mission, or at least self-entertainment, to cause trouble for others. Never ever post anything personal on the Internet. It will be there forever. The troublemakers might make you their target.
I'd recommend doing a search for yourself online. Try www.bing.com and type in your name and any aliases you've used online. I bet you'll be surprised what you find.
Sounds like your boss really needs to get a life.
Sounds like someone alerted the boss. Doubt the boss is surfing the net reading statuses/comments.
That is why I only have a facebook page and have a VERY LIMITED list of only family and closest buddies. NONE are coworkers and it is completely private. I don't have my profession much less place of employment listed.
I use it solely to upload pictures of the family (mostly my 1 yr) old, so that they can have latest pictures.
As a matter of fact, I don't even have pictures of myself and have a generic avatar. I went as far as getting creative that I opened the account with my name and accents (I'm hispanic), where they properly go. Takes an awful long time to find me if you search me lol
Be very careful.
I am not so much a believer of the "policed state" of our lives. I believe employers are radically taking advantage of social networking right now and will be interested to see how this changes legally in the next 5-10 years as this type of technology becomes older.
I have a FB, my boss is my friend, I list where I work, I gripe about being tired after work. I have also openly stated if any employer decided my FB posting was more important than my skill set and employment I would gladly hand in my two weeks. As long as I am not violating HIPAA then they can go suck an egg.
To me, this is a form of employer harrassment. Might as well grab my butt and tell me to make you a sandwich while you are at it.
itsmejuli
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I have a rule that the only people on my FB are family and friends. I do not add co-workers and don't list my place of employment. I also have my privacy settings set tightly.