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I have lots of co-workers on FB. It's a good thing imo.
So this morning Facebook "suggested" that I add my boss and the only person I ever had to fire as friends. Either FB has a great sense of humor or it's hitting the crack pipe awfully hard this morning. But it also got me thinking.
I'm pretty sure all of my worker monkeys are on Facebook. They've mentioned it at least in passing. I wouldn't consider any of them to really be friends of mine but there have been times where I've wondered if they've been ill when they've called in sick or if I would find pictures of them faced in New Orleans during that time on the FB pages. I go back and forth on whether that kind of oversight ability would be useful or just Big Brotherish.
And while I'd have to censor myself if I added my boss it wouldn't hurt if I could develop a friendlier working relationship with it.
Then I decided since it's Monday and there isn't to do I'd ask Spurstalk. How many of you out there have any employees, co-workers, or bosses as friends or whatever on Facebook, MySpace, etc? Has it been a positive or a negative? Any good stories to come of it?
I have lots of co-workers on FB. It's a good thing imo.
I stay clear, unless their friends outside of work.
Just block people you don't want seeing your FB in the privacy settings. I have my mom and most people who know her and are also friends with me and have FBs blocked.
I've never had any problems adding co-workers/classmates. The suggestions stuff is pretty cool cause it's given me people I didn't really get to know too well in my classes/work and just seems like it creates an opportunity to get to know them more comfortably online rather than on campus or in the office where theres lots of anxiety.
As long as you're just a straightforward honest person who isn't in your face about religion and politics I don't see how you could offend your co-workers or any rational person even if you swear a lot. I'd block the person you fired though.
Never had any problems w/ bosses as of yet, however THIS was a pain in the ass.
I have only one friend from work on FB and that is only because we went to school together. I have not added anyone else because I like to keep work and private separate. I do not use FB for professional purposes, though, but I know some people do. I would think adding co-workers would be different than adding your boss.
My ex-boss trolled this site and fired me cause of a posting I made here... I'm sure many of you remember...
I keep my private life and work life seperate. I don't feel the need to have my boss or co-worker on FB and to a lesser extent, MySpace. It's not for a lack of camaraderie, because I get along well with my boss and my co-worker. It's just some things are best left unmixed.
thats funny right there
I have a co-worker, a former co-worker, and my boss on Facebook. To say the least, I post what I feel, think, do, etc. without hesitation, and I haven't had any problems with it. In fact, my boss often comments on my stuff and brings it up at work and laughs about it.
Anything you say can and will be used against you
Two of my coworkers are friends on my Facebook, but since it's a library we have our own Facebook page for the college and are sort of expected to participate in that stuff for library networking.
I have added co-workers who I consider to be friends, even if we only socialize at work.
I do not think I would add any of my bosses though since we are not equals given that I report to them and they supervise me.
I would like to think that my boss' could separate the me who jokes around on my facebook page from the professional me who I always am at work. But I am not willing to run that risk.
For that reason, I would not add anyone who was currently my boss or anyone I hoped to work for in the future.
That said, I think my bosses thinking would all be similar to mine- that being Facebook friends could potentially cause awkwardness between a boss and his employee- and so would be surprised to ever get a friend's request from any of them.
That's pretty much how I feel. I do have one co-worker on my FB page, but we're best friends.
Soooo--is 'Chatty' one of your friends?? :P
I have about 20 coworkers as friends but I keep my updates pretty tame. I also have certain people blocked from seeing tagged photos of me because you never know what kinds of photos of you someone else is going to upload.
We had a situation about a year and a half ago where we had a mass layoff in a day, and people were brought in for one-on-one meetings to find out if they still had a job. This being a fairly young company, a lot of us are friends on Facebook and there were a lot of rumors/updates flying around all day. It was nice to be in the loop while all of this was happening but our upper-level execs weren't exactly thrilled about it when they got wind of it.
Facebook is for friends, LinkedIn is for professional contacts. I don't mix them. I actually pre-emptively blocked someone from work who had hinted about wanting to look me up on FB, and it's someone I like and chat with a lot. If anyone REALLY pressed the point, I might friend them, wait maybe 30 days, and then unfriend them.
You people who do it, well, I admire your bravery, but you're going to feel awful stupid if anything does happen to you. To each, his or her own. Just check out Paki's internet firing thread.
Depends on your type of work. Counselor at a women's shelter? Probably ok. CIA agent? no. Cashier at Target? Go ahead. Teacher adding her students? no.
I just about spit coffee all over my monitor when I saw that name on the right side of the screen.
I have to admit there's some morbid curiosity on my mind to see what sort of she posts about. "Got an F for trying to explain to my genetics professor the positive aspects of keeping the white race as pure as possible. I guess some people still aren't ready to hear the truth."
I don't usually post anything on Facebook that I wouldn't post on LinkedIn, especially since a lot of my former supervisors have friended me. I have, however, deleted several comments that other people have made on my FB page and explained to them that I keep that page clean for a reason.
I am searching for it but do not see it.
Link?
Separate.
I like my coworkers, and you know that they know a fair amount about our lives and vice versa, but if I want to go on a rant or vent, I do so where they can't possibly see it. I don't reference work much on my blog because I know it can be found and linked to me (the references I do have are largely related to talking about how busy I am. In the past, I've talked about more stuff, but I've learned to be more careful since then).
I'd advise not casually referring to your boss as "it" if you go through with the add.
Probably a good idea, but I have no idea what else to call it. My boss is one of those minority types, and not one of the good ones either.
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