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They shouldn't, but I would expect them to. Elaine Send a noteboard - 14/09/2010 02:08:07 PM
What are your feelings on this? Do you think HR has any business looking at your personal life outside of work? Is it discrimination, or is it your own damn fault for not making your profile "friends only"?

Share your thoughts. :D


Well, not in my specific case, but in general. We were only discussing this very topic at the pub on Saturday. Employers are unscrupulous bastards and will stoop to anything, so keep your FB private and don't add your manager as a friend. Your manager is not your friend, ever, they are your boss. Also, when applying for a job, expect them to Google you.

If you're stupid enough to post on FB that you have a raging hangover and have called in sick, and anyone from work can see your profile, you deserve to be fired for being thick.
Elaine
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HR looks at facebook. rebelaessedai - 13/09/2010 07:07:35 PM 1085 Views
Not in Germany, they don't. Legolas - 13/09/2010 07:16:40 PM 590 Views
What you said Floffe - 14/09/2010 01:52:12 PM 691 Views
Your public profile is exactly that. Aemon - 13/09/2010 07:34:17 PM 742 Views
Wow, really? rebelaessedai - 14/09/2010 10:40:48 PM 724 Views
my brother's girlfriend got fired because of a facebook picture random thoughts - 13/09/2010 07:53:03 PM 822 Views
Re: my brother's girlfriend got fired because of a facebook picture TaskmasterJack - 13/09/2010 10:17:41 PM 738 Views
hardly random thoughts - 13/09/2010 10:28:05 PM 710 Views
Was it supposed to be a HIPAA violation or something? rebelaessedai - 14/09/2010 10:41:44 PM 726 Views
I would say it was because she was letting unauthorized people handle babies under intensive care. Darth_Katie - 14/09/2010 10:55:45 PM 658 Views
I have no idea I don't really like my brother and we rarely talk random thoughts - 15/09/2010 02:22:01 PM 665 Views
I wish they would've fired my coworker. rebelaessedai - 14/09/2010 10:54:48 PM 653 Views
That is why my facebook is very vanilla random thoughts - 15/09/2010 02:42:21 PM 661 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 15/09/2010 07:00:01 PM 728 Views
I don't think they should look but... globug0822 - 13/09/2010 07:55:53 PM 722 Views
^this. LadyLorraine - 13/09/2010 09:05:49 PM 621 Views
It's your own damn fault if you make it public. *NM* Darth_Katie - 13/09/2010 07:57:50 PM 269 Views
Public is public is public. Zalis - 13/09/2010 08:28:19 PM 673 Views
no one should have to be accountable for their stupidity!!! LadyLorraine - 13/09/2010 09:07:01 PM 730 Views
You typically are held accountable for your stupidity at a job. Jacob - 13/09/2010 09:13:39 PM 648 Views
*turns on your sarcasm detection* LadyLorraine - 13/09/2010 11:10:29 PM 652 Views
Sarcasm doesn't translate well in electronic communication. Jacob - 14/09/2010 02:05:21 AM 689 Views
Who? *NM* ironclad - 13/09/2010 08:53:00 PM 342 Views
Human resources. *NM* Legolas - 13/09/2010 09:04:14 PM 308 Views
Thanks. Why not write that, April? *NM* ironclad - 13/09/2010 10:34:02 PM 351 Views
Because HR is a very widely used abbreviation in the English-speaking world. *NM* Rebekah - 13/09/2010 11:11:56 PM 348 Views
It's really a word in itself by now. *NM* Aeryn - 13/09/2010 11:29:04 PM 306 Views
True. Like TV. *NM* Rebekah - 13/09/2010 11:29:35 PM 344 Views
Or Scuba. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/09/2010 12:21:37 AM 285 Views
or laser *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2010 02:18:51 PM 305 Views
Hmpf *NM* ironclad - 14/09/2010 08:15:33 AM 358 Views
*NM* rebelaessedai - 14/09/2010 10:55:32 PM 316 Views
What does that stand for? Something with ridiculously too many letters and in German, no doubt. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2010 12:43:40 AM 314 Views
H.R. Giger. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 13/09/2010 10:19:39 PM 294 Views
Home Run. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 13/09/2010 10:19:49 PM 312 Views
Hot Redheads. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 13/09/2010 10:23:12 PM 322 Views
I'd go with this one. *NM* Lici - 14/09/2010 12:36:02 AM 307 Views
Enjoying yourself? *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 14/09/2010 02:44:05 AM 298 Views
Ew goodness, not on my post please. *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/09/2010 10:42:38 PM 332 Views
That's EY, not HR. You're terrible at this. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2010 12:44:07 AM 304 Views
Eh, no biggie. nossy - 14/09/2010 02:16:37 AM 629 Views
Where it might be justified would be if the employee had just called into work Tashmere - 14/09/2010 02:55:00 AM 650 Views
That's the stupidity clause. nossy - 14/09/2010 03:00:30 AM 625 Views
maybe it should or it shouldn't...but it does damookster - 14/09/2010 04:26:50 AM 653 Views
lol, I guess we have different ideas of "simply living." nossy - 14/09/2010 05:00:47 AM 581 Views
I'd say in that specific case... LadyLorraine - 14/09/2010 06:11:48 AM 646 Views
Huh, it's all the rage here Floffe - 14/09/2010 02:01:11 PM 711 Views
personal opinion here... LadyLorraine - 15/09/2010 04:31:09 PM 688 Views
Re: personal opinion here... Floffe - 16/09/2010 04:43:38 AM 762 Views
if a person is stupid enough to put their personal business damookster - 14/09/2010 03:22:49 AM 640 Views
I have to agree with the majority SilverWarder - 14/09/2010 06:40:19 AM 636 Views
I don't think HR should be looking at what people do outside of work, it seems unethical snoopcester - 14/09/2010 10:42:37 AM 589 Views
They shouldn't, but I would expect them to. Elaine - 14/09/2010 02:08:07 PM 654 Views
I agree. rebelaessedai - 14/09/2010 10:46:12 PM 619 Views
But of course you do Elaine - 15/09/2010 02:24:49 PM 663 Views
Yep SilverWarder - 15/09/2010 04:11:16 PM 680 Views
I'm not sure mine is googleable at all. rebelaessedai - 15/09/2010 07:01:28 PM 653 Views
That's why MY FB is locked DOWN. *NM* Francie - 14/09/2010 02:29:48 PM 267 Views
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