More Facebook Bullshit!

I figured you guys would love this one. It seems some colleges and employers are demanding Facebook passwords from potential employees and students.....

"If you think privacy settings on your Facebook and Twitter accounts guarantee future employers or schools can't see your private posts, guess again." - MSNBC

http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/06/10585353-govt-agencies-colleges-demand-applicants-facebook-passwords

 

thats crazy...The world is going somewhere else when it comes to things like this

 

I know damn! This was the last straw for me, I just reauthorized my account. I go to a private college and I can't afford to fuck up anything.

 

That is fucked up. I am so glad that in my job they don't care about stuff like that or do drug testing.

 

Id tell them to go play the game HideAndGoFuckYourself.

 

Once more people get wind of this the shit is going to hit the fan!

 

use fake names on facebook

 

The solution to this is to deny having or using those services in the first place. There's no way they're gong to take the time and effort to go searching for you to confirm or deny an account that may not exist (unless you're trying to get a job in law enforcement). Yet another reason to separate your working life from your private life.

 

Fug that shyt...

 

I would lie and tell them I don't have a facebook page

 

Unfortunately, some employers now expect everyone to have a Facebook page. If you don't, they assume that you have something to hide. And as long as they have a lot more applicants than job openings, they feel like they can afford to reject anyone they have questions about.

It's like a twisted version of Orwell's Big Brother where people are made to spy on themselves. Big companies want you to put a lot of time and effort into building a Facebook identity that proves you are exactly the kind of person they are looking for, 24/7.

 

haha, your employer is gonna ask for your FB password before or after your urinalysis...?

(I ditched FB way back when they pulled their first privacy settings bullshit.)

 

this is insane.

 

The bad part is that they don't let you delete your account, you can only de authorize it.

 

Me too but it comes off sounding redundant after they ask me to pee in a cup. :cheers2:

 

If you use the services of a headhunter to either gain employment or to find a candidate it is standard that searches are done. The results are included in the package that you are given as a prospective employer as part of a standard background check.

New world.

 

Fixed it for ya...

 

That does sum it up far better.

 

Order.

 

lol, or you can just make your facebook unsearchable and tell them that you dont have one