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July 13th, 2016 at 12:30:43 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4944 | My wife just applied for a new job and has been scheduled for a second interview. The future employer asked to have access to her Facebook page which is currently set private. Is this typical today? If I was hiring I would definitely do a social media search on the candidate for publicly available information but I would have never asked permission to see private areas. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
July 13th, 2016 at 1:12:46 PM permalink | |
Canyonero Member since: Oct 31, 2015 Threads: 10 Posts: 83 | How desperate is your wife? I wouldn't want to work at that place. My advice: Refuse. Wait for them to reject her. Go talk to a lawyer about options of suing them. http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/employer-access-to-social-media-passwords-2013.aspx |
July 13th, 2016 at 1:34:16 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
I agree Private means private What assurances can a employer give that any information will remain private. I cannot forsee any employer assurance that would satisfy me or Just say I deleted my FB page Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
July 13th, 2016 at 1:52:59 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4944 |
She is not desperate at all. There are already a lot of negatives about this job that I don't think she would accept it even if they offered her a lot more money than she makes now. I would have no issue giving access to my social media presence but her and I disagree on many things. She seems disgusted that they would even ask. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
July 13th, 2016 at 1:57:44 PM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12422 | In college, I had an interview for an internship at a small tax accounting firm. I walk in for my interview and the guy has a printout (!!) of my MySpace page (which I hadn't updated in a couple years - even by this time, MySpace was dead). So he started asking me about my favorite movies I had listed, the funny quotes I had listed, etc. It was awkward as hell. I didn't get the internship. But one of my roommates who was also an accounting major got it. And it turned out to be a disaster. The guy was shady and had a bad reputation amongst the local accounting community. My roommate eventually got fired from it. So all in all it worked out well for me. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
July 13th, 2016 at 1:58:40 PM permalink | |
Canyonero Member since: Oct 31, 2015 Threads: 10 Posts: 83 |
I like her already. You should agree with your wife more. |
July 13th, 2016 at 2:16:59 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
For real. I'm pissed off just reading this. Gimme their number. I'd like to have a word =p Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
July 13th, 2016 at 2:20:58 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | What if a potential employer asked you: Why do you enjoy discussions of poisons and corpses with erections? Why do you enjoy discussions about naked women sleeping on the sand being hunted down by hungry giant crabs? |
July 13th, 2016 at 2:22:54 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | No one expects to have access to your private email account, so why should they expect the option to deprivatize anything else you made private just because it can be done? That's what I would ask, you want access to my private email as well? How about my letters in my actual mailbox. Bastards. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 13th, 2016 at 2:35:03 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | See it from the employers side. It's so hard to get rid of somebody now once you hire them, you want to make sure you know as much as possible before you do. The place where I get gas always has a help wanted sign in the window. They told me the few who apply don't have the minimum credit score needed to be hired by the main company. They've learned that a low score means a high probability you'll steal from them. Same when you rent an apartment. Low score equals you squatting there for 6 months rent free. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |