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That doesn't make the statement "LinkedIn is an extension of the workplace" true. Acting in a disreputable way while wearing clothing that represents my compan

That doesn't make the statement "LinkedIn is an extension of the workplace" true. Acting in a disreputable way while wearing clothing that represents my company could get me fired, but that doesn't make the local supermarket an extension of my workplace just because I walk in there with a company shirt.

ubernostrum 9y ago
If you walk into a supermarket wearing clothing that represents your company, and you say "I am a representative of the company, acting here in my official capacity as that representative, and what I say and do here reflects the policies and positions of the company", then you better believe you'd get busted the same way this guy did. Which is, metaphorically, what happened here: when using the company account you're not a private citizen in a t-shirt with a logo; you are the company.
- jbronn 9y ago
  See also: apparent authority, the agency law doctrine that deals with the situation you described.
- Sir_Substance 9y ago
  >then you better believe you'd get busted the same way this guy did. Yep, I /totally/ agree with you. Still doesn't make LinkedIn an extension of the workplace. Please think about what that means for at least one second. For most software engineers, if LinkedIn is an extension of the workplace, then by the wording of their employment contract (which invariably includes IP ownership clauses for everything done in their capacity as an employee), their employer owns all their content on LinkedIn, and could request it any time. That potentially makes it very hard for software engineers to use LinkedIn on a private account to look for a new job without their boss knowing.
  - ubernostrum 9y ago
    Again, you gloss over the single most important phrase: when using a company account. Absolutely no-one has expressed a desire to lay claim to your personal LinkedIn account. If you continue to argue that this is about personal rather than company accounts, I will interpret as a sign of explicit bad faith on your part.

ubernostrum 9y ago

If you walk into a supermarket wearing clothing that represents your company, and you say "I am a representative of the company, acting here in my official capacity as that representative, and what I say and do here reflects the policies and positions of the company", then you better believe you'd get busted the same way this guy did. Which is, metaphorically, what happened here: when using the company account you're not a private citizen in a t-shirt with a logo; you are the company.

jbronn 9y ago
See also: apparent authority, the agency law doctrine that deals with the situation you described.
Sir_Substance 9y ago
>then you better believe you'd get busted the same way this guy did. Yep, I /totally/ agree with you. Still doesn't make LinkedIn an extension of the workplace. Please think about what that means for at least one second. For most software engineers, if LinkedIn is an extension of the workplace, then by the wording of their employment contract (which invariably includes IP ownership clauses for everything done in their capacity as an employee), their employer owns all their content on LinkedIn, and could request it any time. That potentially makes it very hard for software engineers to use LinkedIn on a private account to look for a new job without their boss knowing.
- ubernostrum 9y ago
  Again, you gloss over the single most important phrase: when using a company account. Absolutely no-one has expressed a desire to lay claim to your personal LinkedIn account. If you continue to argue that this is about personal rather than company accounts, I will interpret as a sign of explicit bad faith on your part.