facebook snooping

System

Personally I have my profile set to private and when I started my job blocked every single one of my colleagues (I just tell them I don't use FB)

But then I also do t mention work at all on social media to be on the safe side

Miss_Moneysaver

Hi,


I have some of my colleagues on my FB. I don't like it and I regret accepting their friend requests but I didn't want to look like I was being ignorant and rude.
I was also 'friends' with the daughter of a senior member of staff. A few others were friends with her too. One of my colleagues put something about work on FB (nothing bad) and this senior member of staff knew about it and the colleague was disciplined. We figured it was her daughter showing her stuff so we all unfriended and blocked her. No problems since although we never mention work on FB!
I am thinking of deleting work colleagues tbh and blocking them. I don't see the point of them being friends with me on there when they see me so much at work!

Takeaway_Addict

Miss_Moneysaver wrote: »

Hi,


I have some of my colleagues on my FB. I don't like it and I regret accepting their friend requests but I didn't want to look like I was being ignorant and rude.
I was also 'friends' with the daughter of a senior member of staff. A few others were friends with her too. One of my colleagues put something about work on FB (nothing bad) and this senior member of staff knew about it and the colleague was disciplined. We figured it was her daughter showing her stuff so we all unfriended and blocked her. No problems since although we never mention work on FB!
I am thinking of deleting work colleagues tbh and blocking them. I don't see the point of them being friends with me on there when they see me so much at work!

Just do it. Just say you want to keep home life seperate from work life a bit more.

Or, delete them and then close your account for a few weeks so when they ask you can say you have closed it down and then just don't tell them when you come back online

CKhalvashi

mossopinc wrote: »

i signed into her account and it is set to private. they told her they have software that still lets them see it! i would have thought that this is a load of bull but now im not too sure

It will be someone at work, then.

I only share what I want to share publicly on Facebook, although as someone on the forum said a few years back, I should sack myself for what I put on there.

Unfriending all work colleagues will be the best answer to this IMO.

CK

monty-doggy

It's a common policy now to sign to say if you behave in a way that can bring the company in disrepute via social media, it can lead to dismissal. Basically if you have a rant on there and they say it reflects badly they can act upon it! Best not to have work people on there.

Slinky

It can work both ways!


My OH has an interview next week and I've checked out his potential new boss, found out about his hobby, where he went on holiday last year (somewhere we've been), I know when his and his wife's birthday are, that he has two daughters and where his wife works......

Takeaway_Addict

Slinky wrote: »

It can work both ways!


My OH has an interview next week and I've checked out his potential new boss, found out about his hobby, where he went on holiday last year (somewhere we've been), I know when his and his wife's birthday are, that he has two daughters and where his wife works......

I just have images of your OH going in there with a couple of presents saying 'Here Mr X, I bought you a present for your birthday on Tuesday and your wifes on Friday'

Might not get them the job!

Slinky

They are actually 2 days apart so you're not far wrong!

[Deleted User]

Slinky wrote: »

It can work both ways!


My OH has an interview next week and I've checked out his potential new boss, found out about his hobby, where he went on holiday last year (somewhere we've been), I know when his and his wife's birthday are, that he has two daughters and where his wife works......

Love it! I've had search results like this before!

Anyway it does work even more ways when a customer stated my name on that during a good old fashioned rant (whilst I couldn't blame them) their posts were soon edited by our co - sometimes it is good that they take an active interest in social media for more then snooping but also in protection of situations

Mrs_Ryan

I've had problems with this- funnily enough Miss Moneysaver I also had issues with the daughter of a senior member of staff! It turned out that the person snitching was the ward grass and I said instead of being so concerned about what I'm writing on my Facebook (get this- I wished my sister happy birthday and apparantly I was with her so therefore I wasn't at home- eh?!) maybe they should speak to this person about the fact she was claiming she was a single parent to a young child with no partner so therefore she could only work certain shifts that she dictated even though she openly boasted that she was shacked up with a bloke who she was engaged to and her 'very young child' was actually nearly 13...