Can Facebook be used against you in the work place?

dizzyrascal

Just_Some_Guy wrote: »

I feel awful for teenagers these days who are posting everything they do on the Internet where it will remain archived for ever. People are going to be denied employment for life because they tweeted something compromising when they were 15.

There is an app for cleaning up posts. Takes a while but probably worth it if you have been having a wild time.
I think this is it here and there will be others
This is the how to clean up my fb page link

Wyndham

There are two ways facebook can be used against you.

1) Officially. If you say something like 'my company is a xxxx' then there will be an IT policy to cover that, and it's defamation at best, and a sacking offence at worst.

2) Unofficially. If a friend of a friend can see your profile (or someone in your network can see your profile) then they may see something you don't want them to see. And they may not be 'the company' as such, but it could still damage your relationships at work.

Never, ever say something on facebook - or other social networking sites - that you don't feel you could look someone in the eye and say.

And why have you deleted the first post? It sounds a little late to suddenly get coy about privacy

ILW

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Am I the only person who doesn't see the point of Facebook?

I don't get it either.

Lith

Never have FB it's dangerous, stories i've heard.... jesus i know 2 guys and 1 girl who got fired because it ...

never add anyone from work or talk about it, people can't be that stupid.

staple28

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

Also remember this - say also perosn 1 is on your friends list but person 2 isn't

If person 1 & 2 are frieneds and person 1 comments on something you have posted on your wall person 2 (and all the friends of person 1) sees it.

It could be that way they saw it?

I thought they could only see it if the persons whos page you wrote it on is set to public? Then it pops up in your news feed.

If the persons page is private it wont show in your news feed.

TonyMMM

When I worked in recruitment we used to check every applicant on FB - amazing what we saw.... (and don't believe setting things to private stops someone who knows what they're doing getting access).

So many people didn't get interviews and have no idea why !

westv

TonyMMM wrote: »

When I worked in recruitment we used to check every applicant on FB - amazing what we saw.... (and don't believe setting things to private stops someone who knows what they're doing getting access).

So many people didn't get interviews and have no idea why !

May seem a silly question but how do you know the person you are looking at on FB is the same person that is the applicant? For example, my FB page has my name and DOB but no other personal details. It's very possible that two people share the same name and DOB but are unrelated in every other way.

westv

Just_Some_Guy wrote: »

The lesson is don't post anything on Facebook or indeed anywhere on the internet that you wouldn't want your mother, spouse, or manager to read. That includes future managers too.

Indeed. That's a rule I always follow.

tyllwyd

Just_Some_Guy wrote: »

I feel awful for teenagers these days who are posting everything they do on the Internet where it will remain archived for ever. People are going to be denied employment for life because they tweeted something compromising when they were 15.

I think schools miss the point a bit when it comes to the internet - they are very hot on emphasising safety, but they don't seem to pick up on the lack of privacy aspect. I spend a lot of time reminding my teenager that anything she writes on the internet/emails/texts might be read by other people (whether that is friends, strangers, future employers etc etc) even if she thinks it is private at the time. Still, she's bored of Facebook - the more corporate and public it becomes, the more likely it is that the next generation will move on to a new social network.

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tyllwyd wrote: »

I think schools miss the point a bit when it comes to the internet - they are very hot on emphasising safety, but they don't seem to pick up on the lack of privacy aspect. I spend a lot of time reminding my teenager that anything she writes on the internet/emails/texts might be read by other people (whether that is friends, strangers, future employers etc etc) even if she thinks it is private at the time. Still, she's bored of Facebook - the more corporate and public it becomes, the more likely it is that the next generation will move on to a new social network.

I urged my wife's cousin to create a 'temporary' FB account for the time he spends at uni... I'm so glad my antics were not recorded for everyone to see

I agree - don't put stuff on FB that you wouldn't want your mum reading.. And categorically don't make your manager your 'friend'!