Colleges and Employers Now Requiring Applicants' Facebook Passwords

[Yureina]

I'd just say no.

In any event, the degree of control I have over the personal information that I actually go give out is extremely strict. People only know what I want them to.

 

[rayen020]

Seriously, what are they going to do? Refuse to hire you because you don't use Facebook? I'm no lawyer yet but I would hazard to guess that aside from a few specific tech jobs that would be filed under discriminatory hiring practices and lead to many a law suit.

Actually companies are doing this now. My mother-in-law was forced to leave her company (a dentist's office) today because she received enough negative points on her performance review for not being active enough and encouraging people to go to the dentist's office enough on her facebook. She handed in her two-weeks today and is filing for unemployment under a hostile working enviorment.

 

[MammothBlade]

And what are they going to do when I tell them I don't have a Facebook? ^^ Are they going to suggest that I'm lying, think I must have something to hide or am just plain antisocial?

Employers who ask such things are not worth working for.

 

[theultimateend]

Dear US of A,

Get this. Soon.

Root.

PS. Otherwise, ditch Bookface or at least get another account.

I second this.

That is seriously messed up. If I went to an interview and my potential employers where demanding personal information like this I would not want to work for them and would say as much in the interview.

Yep. I'd just walk out. Not that they'd learn anything interesting from my stuff, I just don't feel like working for jackasses.

 

[Jodah]

Seriously, what are they going to do? Refuse to hire you because you don't use Facebook? I'm no lawyer yet but I would hazard to guess that aside from a few specific tech jobs that would be filed under discriminatory hiring practices and lead to many a law suit.

Actually companies are doing this now. My mother-in-law was forced to leave her company (a dentist's office) today because she received enough negative points on her performance review for not being active enough and encouraging people to go to the dentist's office enough on her facebook. She handed in her two-weeks today and is filing for unemployment under a hostile working enviorment.

That's a little different. In all likelihood that was not the only thing that was marked against her. That was just the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Furthermore, if her company is forcing her to have a Facebook, against her own wishes, I would talk to a lawyer. If she had it beforehand and told them that she had it then she made a mistake. There are really only a few things a company can force you to do outside of work. You can't defame them in public via Facebook, for example, but they cannot force you to have Facebook in the first place.

Unless, of course, she is a salaried employee. Then all bets are off because the company can get away with a lot more then.

 

[w00tage]

Seriously, what are they going to do? Refuse to hire you because you don't use Facebook? I'm no lawyer yet but I would hazard to guess that aside from a few specific tech jobs that would be filed under discriminatory hiring practices and lead to many a law suit.

Actually companies are doing this now. My mother-in-law was forced to leave her company (a dentist's office) today because she received enough negative points on her performance review for not being active enough and encouraging people to go to the dentist's office enough on her facebook. She handed in her two-weeks today and is filing for unemployment under a hostile working enviorment.

Wow that is completely actionable. I think she's better off away from the crackheads-in-charge who put that policy in place anyways, and I hope she ruins them in court.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Don't worry Americans, you can use your freedom to bear arms to prevent this, like your always banging on about.

hahah, as an American, I found that funny.

 

[Chicago Ted]

anc[is]Solution: don't use Facebook. Nobody gives a shit about what you just ate or the song lyrics you just posted anyway.

You do realize that there are many beneficial uses of Facebook, correct? Such as allowing you to exchange photos with friends and family, disseminate information to massive groups, and create and organize events with several people all extremely easily. If you don't like it, fine, but the service is extremely useful for a wide variety of purposes.

On topic, this crosses so many fucking lines in my mind. I mean, if your employee shows up to work constantly, has their credentials, and performs their job at an acceptable level, you should have no need to find out information on their personal life. How does it change their performance if it is found out that they are an avid fan of House or like to go clubbing on weekends? I would really like to see whatever law that allows this challenged and soon.

 

[Vrach]

The really stupid part here is anyone not saying "go fuck yourself with a rusty iron pipe" to that.

 

[Akimoto]

*snip*

Wait, the Church is on Facebook...Dammit, now I can't even blaspheme on the interwebs. Is not where safe.

Once upon a time there was even an app for Confessional. Yes nowhere is safe.

 

[Spy_Guy]

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What you meant by "QQ" is beyond me, though

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On topic, though, I'm very careful with my privacy online. Not enough that I care about what they see my IP doing, but I don't leave my real name lying around online for people to find, or connect my online identity to me.

As for this sort of thing coming up in interviews...
that's why I don't have Facebook.

Cyberstalkers begone.

 

[Diddy_Mao]

This is more or less why I don't use any of my real information when signing up for anything online.

 

[Antari]

What if I don't have a facebook account?

Then its the rubber gloves for you! Who knows maybe you'll have to give them unlimited access to your bank account so they can hold you financially hostage if you say something they don't like.

 

[awmperry]

What you meant by "QQ" is beyond me, though

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Yeah, I revised the punctuation substitutions to better fit my purposes. (It occurs to me, actually, that I should add one for @. Oh well.)

XX = .
YY = ,
QQ = ?

Send me a PM, I'll send you the code sheet.

Nerd power, as you say, FTW.