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<blockquote data-quote="ratski" data-source="post: 2005355" data-attributes="member: 936"><p>Well, I have personally been down this road. As the employer.</p><p></p><p>Employee had a public facebook account. Someone alerted me to some of the postings. Not only were they derogatory to my reputation, but they revealed an entirely different character about her.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Several of her posts involved her bragging to her friends about how she was going to quit her job during the holidays, but not until after the bonus checks were handed out just so she could mess up my office.</p><p></p><p>Her facebook postings were used to deny her claim for unemployment compensation.</p><p></p><p>Even though Oklahoma is at-will for firing, it is rare for Oklahoma to side with an employer in the case of firing a person and denying them unemployment compensation. So, the rates that an employer pays are increased after a "successful" unemployment claim by a fired employee. That leads to less available to other employees for benefits. etc etc.</p><p></p><p>To give you an example, I had an employee walk out of my office without notice who claimed that she was fired. I have the entire event recorded and the unemployment people STILL awarded her unemployment compensation.</p><p></p><p>To quote them "we aren't here for employers".</p><p></p><p>As an employer, if your facebook is public than I am going to look at it. If your posts lead me to the conclusion that you are lieing to me or slandering me, there is no good reason for me to continue your employment.</p><p></p><p>It is a two edged sword to see a facebook account. I will not accept friend requests on my page from employees. I think that is crossing a line that is difficult. But, as an employer I should be able to use whatever I need to to judge a potential employees character. If I have narcotics around the office and see someone posting about getting high after swiping a bunch of samples from their previous office, I don't want that headache. I don't need that headache.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line, don't put something out there on "the internets" that you would want your employer to read.</p><p></p><p>As an employer, you and I have made an agreement. You are selling me your time for X amount of dollars. As long as you are selling me your time, and I am paying you for that time, then I get to decide how you are going to use that time. If you want to get on facebook, don't do it on my time equipment that I have paid for. Do it on your time.</p><p></p><p>Dave</p><p></p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratski, post: 2005355, member: 936"] Well, I have personally been down this road. As the employer. Employee had a public facebook account. Someone alerted me to some of the postings. Not only were they derogatory to my reputation, but they revealed an entirely different character about her. Several of her posts involved her bragging to her friends about how she was going to quit her job during the holidays, but not until after the bonus checks were handed out just so she could mess up my office. Her facebook postings were used to deny her claim for unemployment compensation. Even though Oklahoma is at-will for firing, it is rare for Oklahoma to side with an employer in the case of firing a person and denying them unemployment compensation. So, the rates that an employer pays are increased after a "successful" unemployment claim by a fired employee. That leads to less available to other employees for benefits. etc etc. To give you an example, I had an employee walk out of my office without notice who claimed that she was fired. I have the entire event recorded and the unemployment people STILL awarded her unemployment compensation. To quote them "we aren't here for employers". As an employer, if your facebook is public than I am going to look at it. If your posts lead me to the conclusion that you are lieing to me or slandering me, there is no good reason for me to continue your employment. It is a two edged sword to see a facebook account. I will not accept friend requests on my page from employees. I think that is crossing a line that is difficult. But, as an employer I should be able to use whatever I need to to judge a potential employees character. If I have narcotics around the office and see someone posting about getting high after swiping a bunch of samples from their previous office, I don't want that headache. I don't need that headache. Bottom line, don't put something out there on "the internets" that you would want your employer to read. As an employer, you and I have made an agreement. You are selling me your time for X amount of dollars. As long as you are selling me your time, and I am paying you for that time, then I get to decide how you are going to use that time. If you want to get on facebook, don't do it on my time equipment that I have paid for. Do it on your time. Dave Dave [/QUOTE]
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