Comments on: Help! My Boss Wants To Be My Friend On Facebook

By: servergirl

servergirl — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:43:01 +0000

Wow thank you! Yours was THE first helpful article. Most of them just talk about the social and work repercussions, but this actually offered me a solution. I had been just ignoring the request and I could tell it my boss has been a little short and distant with me. Not to mention OTHER co-workers added him willingly which made me look like I was rejecting him. I adjusted my privacy setting so he only has limited access to my pictures and private info. Now I've just got to make sure I watch my P's and Q's on my wall, but otherwise embarrassing-for-your-boss-to-see-stuff is blocked!
I REALLY DON”T THINK BOSSES should put employees in this position. If you hang out with a co-worker enough, mention you're on facebook too. Chances are if they want to, they'll find you. Even if they don't, THEY might still like you as a person but wish to respect rank and guidelines and keep work and private life separate.

By: asdas

asdas — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:14 +0000

whoooohoooo

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By: Shane Norris

Shane Norris — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:14:03 +0000

knock, knock, knock..
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um who is it?
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ah just one second I just need to tidy up ....

Good advice, think it's time I setup some groupings.

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By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:38:35 +0000

argh ..”the professional life separate from my work life. Thank you for undrstanding this.” –> “my personal life separate from my work life. Thank you for understanding this.”

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:37:29 +0000

jeremiah — you are making the relationship issue way too complex. The answer is that you ignore the request and you email your manager in a very professional way:

“Thank you for being interested in friend-ing me on Facebook. I would like to get to know you better before I do. I also try to keep the professional life separate from my work life. Thank you for undrstanding this.”

Work is all about managing awkward situations. If you can’t manage your manager in this situation – then you can’t manage the situation when your manager is wrong and you have to correct her.

Learn to deal.

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By: Jim Tausch

Jim Tausch — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:08:19 +0000

We have developed social networking policies for our company and our clients. In our research we found that many companies prohibit management-level employees from “friending” subordinates. We don’t do that at our company, but we do refer to the general rules in our employee handbook regarding rules of conduct — they apply equally whether in the office or in the virtual world.

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By: Amal Bala

Amal Bala — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:15:44 +0000

I would stick with the fifth option. Lists are easy, efficient ways to limit the amount of information you share on Facebook. If you want, you can change your privacy settings so that a friend can see practically no personal information at all beyond the basics.

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By: Sofia Ribeiro

Sofia Ribeiro — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:37:40 +0000

Interesting article. I actually worked for a company that would always check a potential employee’s profile in Facebook, twitter and Linkedin. I agree with Jeremiah: you should think of Facebook as an informal network, open to friends and, luckily, two or three close co-workers.

By: jeremiah_owyang

jeremiah_owyang — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:54:48 +0000

Have been thinking about this topic more.

Bosses and team-members should consider Facebook akin to going to dinner, or going over to each others’ homes. Several of my former managers have invited me to their houses, and vice versa, which really is a symbol of allowing the work relationship into the home.

It’s not the only indicator –but certainly one.

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