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Some job applicants do not want prospective employers looking through their facebook pages, and some employers find it to be a reasonable request. Give an argument for both sides, and then tell me which side you most agree with and why.
29 comments:
I most agree with the boy. Why, because they shouldn't ask for your password for your facebook. But I will give them my email if they want 2 send me something to my yahoo, then yea. But if it's for my facebook then they can just forget it. I would walkout to if I was in a interview and they ask me for my email and password for my facebook.
Jaquitta
I don't care what kind of job I am applying for I would refuse to give them my Facebook password, not because there's inappropriate things on there but because it is none of their business. Our Social Facebook page is our own social, personal life. Our personal life and the way we lead ourselves at work are very different in many ways and they should stay separated. I do understand that employers want to see the way you reflect yourself in public but that still is no excuse to log onto your Facebook and see who you message and look at your personal private settings.
-Morgan Dee
I can see where the job applicant is coming from. I wouldn't feel good having some stranger going through my personal things which includes facebook. Though from an employers stand point it's a smart idea. It's a fast and fairly accurate way to get an idea of the future employee. If I had to choose a side however I would choose the side of the applicant, it's not that I have bad things on my facebook, it's the fact that I don't know or trust that person to go through my things.
Kyle E.
I honestly cannot defend the side of the interviewing businesses. In my mind facebook is private information, of course the stuff that no one else can view on your profile. But as for a possible job trying to go through all of your personal messages and private pictures. No, I do not think that is acceptable for anyone to try and force you to show them.
So from the employers point of view I can understand because you can learn a lot about people from their facebook page. On the applicants side it is a huge invasion of privacy because then the employers can go through messages and stuff, that's your personal life not what your gonna act like at work. Maybe if the employers just looked at your public profile instead of logging into your account they could just look at it. I side with the applicants on this one.
Danielle....
I think some job applicants are right not wanting prospective employers looking through their Facebook pages.I think its right because they have no reason to be in other people personal business.I also feel if you cant get a job because you will not get a job,then oh well because your personal life doesn't have anything to do with your boss.Also your boss shouldn't even want to be that noise.
~Courtney
Obviously, potential job employers can find the most out about their applicants through something like facebook, where the person's character is most accurately shown. It can be used as a background check of sorts to see how the person operates outside of work. However, what someone wore to a Halloween party, or who they hang out with should not affect their eligibility for a job. Obviously people will act differently at home compared to at work, and should not be judged for it. Facebook should not be considered when looking for an employee, because it is a personal tool that is completely irrelevant in the work life.
The side I agree most to is just walking out, because facebook is private to me and I don't want nobody in my messages and other stuff. I see that they wanna get to know there empolyers more but actually going on my profile is too much personal things that I don't want just anyone to know.
I think that sometimes it would be okay to get a Facebook password from a prospective applicant. I feel this way because it can provide employers with an opportunity to know their employees better. That could be for good or bad. It depends on the content of your Facebook. On the other hand I can see how that would be viewed as unnecessary by those job applicants.Also what you put on Facebook does not necessarily determine the work ethic that you have. A few risque pictures does not necessarily determine how someone is going to work in your establishment. Although those pictures don't look good, that does not make them a bad worker or a bad person. I mostly agree with the applicants side on that that is unnecessary job procedures. I feel this way because you can't judge someones work by their personal lives.
LaTesha
I don’t think companies should do this. For me I make sure my facebook is perfect. My boss, grandparents, cops and everybody can approve of it. That’s the behind the scenes stuff though, I have all my pictures saved on facebook in hidden albums because you never know when your computer is going to crash and most likely that will happen before the website will. I have personal old relationship memory photos and pictures of my mother while going through her weight loss it’s a big deal and nobody should be allowed to through it but me. I think if they want to see it they can do what my boss and a lot of others make you do, be their friend so they can see what you offer to the world.
I think you're boss shouldn't need your Facebook password. What goes on, on Facebook is YOUR personal business and it has nothing to do with your work. Background check by a Facebook is not right. I would not let my boss have my Facebook password, because it's my business and not theirs.
I understand that some job applicants do not want prospective employers looking through their facebook pages because its personal and they don't need to know all that. But on the other side I understand that some employers find it to be a reasonable request also because if that job is something like a cop or high up, it would be okay. It doesn't really matter to me because I have nothing to hide from people on my facebook. I would feel a little weird because not even my family has my password but I wouldn't have a problem with that.
I do not think employers should demand Facebook emails and passwords. I think that is an invasion of privacy. However, i do think employers should keep an eye on there employees profiles.The employees should represent the company well at all times and that includes on social networking sites.
I don't know why companies want to have a Facebook-check. It's stupid. Facebook is meant to be someone's personal life. It's like asking someone what they did last night. It's meant to be your private life. Job interviewers aren't supposed to come in between that and know what you're doing in a daily basis. Facebook shouldn't be used to see what people do over the weekend.
I do not believe that they should be able to go through your facebook account. It's none of their business who you talk to. It's a complete invasion of privacy. -Josh Cutchins
I think that it is there privacy and they shouldn't invaid it.
They shouldn't ask for the password it is none of their business. They could ask it to make sure the person the person is not up to anything. I don't think it should be aloud because that is stupid it is not anyone's business but yours. Facebook has a password for a reason...privacy.
I do think they should look at your facebook but they don't need your password. They don't need to know everything about your personal life. You have a life outside of your job with is private to everyone but you. Everybody has the right to some privacy. I understand them looking at your profile from another profile to see your wall, pictures, and comments but, they don't need to see your messages. That is extremely wrong to me. No one needs to know EVERYTHING about someone.
Why are jobs going to check your Facebook? I agree with the boy. Yes it might "paint a picture" of who you are hiring, but that's for your personal life. That person might post pictures and stuff for their friends to be and to be funny, but in person and on a job site they might be a hard worker and very kind. The boss or employers or anybody won't know how they do this because they only look at their Facebook and see how they "act" up their. The boss does not need that kind of information about you.
I don't think they should be able to look at your facebook. It your personal life and they don't need to know about it.
I agree with the applicant. That was an invasion of privacy. The least he could've done was let him see it while he was there.
Cody Barlow
I think that this should be illegal. You shouldn't have to give someone else your Facebook information if you don't want to. Most people want their Facebook to be a part of their private life and not something that a prospective job employer sees. Giving someone else your password allows them to see everything. They can see your private messages that only you can see. I don't think that this right.
This is ridiculous!!! I would definately walk out of an interview if they asked me for my personal password for facebook. Facebook is like a diary of someones life it isn't right for anyone to require to go through this info just to be looked at for a job.
I dont thing that it is right for employers to ask for their employees passwords . Unless you have a situation involing harassment or anything bad . To me your facebook acount should have nothing to do with your business career . On the other hand , if you are in a professional setting you should act professional .
Some employers think the applicants should give them their facebook password. They say this because some applicants put bad things about their company, and other things. Some employers think applicants shouldn't give them their facebook password. They say this because some think that is invasion of private. I think applicants should give them their password only if it a government job or like a government job. Other jobs like fast food jobs some get applicants facebook password.
I agree that the employer wants to make sure that the one applying for job isn't posting stuff on Facebook that is inappropriate, although I understand the former employee could think it's personal but they got to look at it both ways. I don't have anything to hide on my Facebook but I wouldn't want them knowing all my info. ZACH CAHALAN
Some employers think the applicants should give them their facebook password. They say this because some applicants put bad things about their company, and other things. Some employers think applicants shouldn't give them their facebook password. They say this because some think that is invasion of private. I think applicants should give them their password only if it a government job or like a government job. Other jobs like fast food jobs some get applicants facebook password.
I believe that employers should back off on asking for Facebook passwords. It is not professional at all and It makes the workers not want to apply themselves as much as when they applied for the job. Its just like asking for the keys to someone's home and going through there stuff. Employer's need to have more trust in their future employees. Even though some people make the employer suspicious because of the way they carry themselves. So either way giving away your password to anything is an invasion of privacy.
I mostly agree with the boy because asking for someone's private life is confidential. I don't have a facebook if they ask and if I did they would not have my password or email.
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