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Can someone explain in reasonable terms, why an HR manager would would choose to enact a policy that requires perspective employees to surrender their Facebook
by blantonl 15y ago
Can someone explain in reasonable terms, why an HR manager would would choose to enact a policy that requires perspective employees to surrender their Facebook activity as a condition of employment?
I am really trying to understand what logical motivation is directing this latest craze. Was it a recent HR conference session that sold HR managers on the idea? An article written in an HR trade journal that cited definitive stats that sealed the argument?
- Duff 15y agoThe published examples that I have seen were teachers and prison guards. Employers of these folks want evidence of fraternization with students and inmate families, respectively.
- blantonl 15y agoI think this person answered this question perfectly: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3790563 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3790563
- carguy1983 15y ago> why an HR manager would would choose to enact a policy that requires perspective employees Fear. Ignorance. Stupidity. Anachronism.
- excuse-me 15y agoAsking at an interview is crazy - all it does is open you upto lawsuits. I have worked at places that do Google tracking of your name/company email/company name. I only discovered this when I posted on a tech support forum for a product we use, using my company email. Then got dragged before HR because "any corporate publication", including apparently my support request needs to be approved by legal! I can see a short step to tracking FB/blog/twitter of employees to check they aren't saying anything about the company.