I just accepted my former boss's friend request

I think there's no harm in adding your former boss in FB and that it's just fine coz I also do! haha actually I even added my husband's current bosses! I've added my ex boss coz we are friends even before, although he's a bit strict that time, but now that we are no longer co-workers, we've become friends...and besides I think its safe for me coz I am not fond of updating my status every now and then and we are always careful on what we share in FB...

I can't definitely do that. I can accept friend requests from co workers but not from higher ups. But since she's not already your boss, I think it's ok. Just don't share all of your posts to her. :D

What is the story behind Secretbear? or what is the history between you and your boss? has anything happened bad? Well, if you ask me there is nothing wrong with accepting a friend request from your former boss, knowing he already retired and no longer connected with your former employer. And if you are doing this one, you are just showing you already move on from it, whatever happens in the past. And there are some settings in facebook that you can privatize some of the messages on the wall, if you limit to express yourself on your friends in FB, you can do so. Even if he is your friend there, there are ways to hide some about yourself from him not unless you are opening your boundaries to make friends.

Good to know that she's already retired secretbear. I am friends with my former bosses too and that's because I am no longer their subordinate!hihihi...Anyway, they're people too!hahaha! They also have social lives!harhar!!

Well I don't think there anything bad on that, and if in any time you feel regret about that you can block your boss, I did it, why? Because I quit and she didn't pay me my last salary, and after that she wanted to continue writing comments in my pictures and chatting with me like nothing have happened. So I blocked her and I would really like that in FB they make possible to delete people instead of just blocking. But in your case I don't think you will have any problem with that.

Haha I don't see anything wrong in doing that not unless you plan to badmouth your current company and your ex-boss' a blabbermouth :P Our boss (OIC) added me up in FB but I still haven't accepted her yet XD Yeah, you can hide whatever you wanna share in FB anyway :P Who knows? She might end up helping you out in the near future :P

Well if you feel that this is OK then there should be nothing wrong with it. She is not someone that would say something would she? Personally there are a lot of things I share in here I never share in Facebook for fear of something being found out unless it is Prayer in a general request or Thanksgiving for something.

Yes, you can choose what you wish to share with a few people/groups on FB. NO harm done there. I had added my boss earlier on Orkut and now on FB (she isn't my boss anymore). But I didn't do anything or have anything to hide and had no problems. Though she did raise an eyebrow at 'occassional drinking'! :-)

Theres no problem in adding friends to your lists. Me, i am not a member of the facebook and some other sites exept My lot. I got not more time chatting with them and or sending notes to them. Somebody from one site also invited me and I said yes but I am not dealing with them. With my work I just cannot find time to do such thing.

I have 3 former bosses on my friends list. I also have dozens of co-workers or former co-workers on my friends list. One of my former bosses became my boss again while she was on my friends list, but it was never an issue.

Yeah, there's nothing wrong or nothing to hide since she's already retired. PLus it's your account in facebook, and u are free to comment on whatever u like, just the same like a blog.. haha =D I know many of my friends don't add their boss and even for me, when my army officer ask us if we had facebook, all of us said no.. lol =D

Yes it is good to accept people we know.Even i too have been an employee or so many companies but still i do not hate my boss because they are the people who showed me respect.They sometimes encouraged me to a different level.They put me under pressures so that i could learn something new. There are some bosses who think they are big and they would not like to interact with us.But there are some bosses who are kind and are willing to help us out in any kind of difficult situation.Sometimes they will not help me to see if i am able to stand on my own leg.

i am still on facebook and of course, mylot. but i seldom post things like this and that on facebook because i don't want everyone follows me or will criticize me when i rant about them. i have few of my office co-workers and even relatives. and so, i prefer to concentrate on mylot rather than facebook. i go to facebook only when i have messages or friend requests or any other invitations.

Well, there nothing wrong if you will accept your former boss' friend. Like what you said, she's already retired and perhaps you will not be saying bad things about your company at Facebook. That is one thing that we shouldn't do at FB, to badmouth others.

I personally don't think there is anything wrong with it....even if it were your boss...you should mind your p's and q's where you are posting on the internet anyway!

I do not see anything wrong with it. Maybe she feels she gained a friend in the business and would like to stay in touch. I am friends with my lawyer on Facebook. It seemed like the only way we can contact each other.

There's nothing wrong since she's retired and she can no longer take against you anything you say against the company you're working for. More often, employees reveal their ill feelings in the office through facebook. I even had a colleague who announced his resignation through Facebook before giving the company the formal notice after two weeks. When it came, no one was surprised. Some openly express their complaints on the site which didn't help them at all but only facilitated their separation from the company. That's the problem if you have colleagues and worse, superiors, as friends on FB. You can't just say anything freely against the company since you'll never know if it's going to be used against you.

I don't see it as wrong plus she is already retired nothing you should worry then. I am not against co-workers but just because me myself not into facebook so I rarely add people...the one in my list are all friends from old schools. I don't like people to know what I am doing or mind my business...Some see it as merrier but I see it as A mess~(^^)

Is that what Facebook also does, to have as many friends to join in. Welcome everyone in then you tell them about MyLot. Gud idea isnt it? Ok wish all the best on how to make full use of your facebook.

I'm not against adding co-workers on facebook. Most of my friends in facebook are my co-workers here. It's nice to interact with them during our spare times since we seldom talk in the office though we are together for eight hours a day for five days a week. It's ok unless there are activities which you don't want your former boss' friend or your former boss to know.