Companies spying on Facebook

That depends of the nature of company. If the company's nature of business is for example, education, then such photos and words really are not allowable, I mean has to be monitored and called attention to. Because education deals with young people and educating students to be good citizens of the society in the future. and it is difficult to be seen like an employee or a teacher will post a photo of her drunk, with a lot of drawn marks on the face, with dripping saliva.. and really in a very awkward position. Or an employee saying "bit ch" on another employee, it is just too weird. If the nature of company is NGO or something to do with an organization for rehabilitation for example, then it is very odd to have photos and words of those kinds. So I think yes the company needs to monitor the FB activity if the nature of business they are running deals with formation of people. Role modeling, integrity and credibility of the company.

Well, Facebook is an online site, which means that you have to be careful with it. I wouldn't say I agree to my boss or employer spying on me there, but I do realize that it could happen, there are many cases like this all over the world after all. So people really should think about what they post there! I certainly do, not just because of my current employer but also for future employers, family and friends etc. Not everything needs to be put online anyway, if you ask me :)

" Do you agree that your FB activity will be monitored by the company where you are working? " Nope because they will never know of my Facebook in the first place. I only give my family and friends my real email address. The one I give everyone else does not have a Facebook connected. They certainly don't have a right prying into my personal business, but I have to say that this thing about companies and FB snooping has been known for a while. When you tell them about your FB , you ought to know that you're inviting trouble.

It depends on how you define spying. If you invite your boss at work to be a friend on facebook, and then you write something horrible about someone else on your FB page, that's not spying. You invited that person to see your FB page. If you invite a co-worker to be friends on FB, and then write something bad about someone else, and that friend starts gossip around work that you said something bad about a co-worker on your FB page, that's not spying either. That's gossip. A lot of people hate this, but the fact is, when you work for a company, you represent that company. How you act outside of work, reflects on the people who hired you, whether you like it or not. You should be decent and mature outside of work, as much as when you are at work. Second, shut up. Some people just need to shut up. Keep your mouth closed. You'll be better off in the long run, if you just shut your mouth. If you don't have something nice to say, shut up! Do everyone a favor and keep your whiny complainy self quiet.

Unfortunately, when you make your private affairs public this kind of stuff happens. It is very easy to find out what someone is doing and what they are all about... The person puts all of their business on facebook and WONDERS why everyone knows their private moments in life. Hmmm...I wonder! Now, do I think its right that bosses do this? NOPE! But can they get away with it? Of course. Just like I don't think its fair that these companies are all doing credit reports before hiring people too... It is ridiculous to me. But with the whole facebook thing, if people would STOP posting their private affairs ALL over facebook there would be nothing the boss could do. I don't see why people have to announce their EVERY move on there anyway... What is the point of that? If you want everything in your life to be PUBLIC knowledge try going for acting or singing where they get no privacy in their lives at all. Me personally, I don't like everyone knowing my business on facebook, some things are meant to be private and personal...

Is Facebook private? If some one's Facebook account can be accessed by his/her friends and relatives, then it is no longer private as what that person posted can be shared out by his/her friends and relatives. To write anything negative about his/her company or colleague in one's Facebook account is indeed naive and thoughtless. Did not the person who wrote that consider the consequence if it is made public?

I don't think it can be called spying because posts are not secret. If you don't want your boss reading your posts, don't make them public. We should all be cautious about what we post on a public site (and that includes myLot) because anyone can read it. With Facebook, you can specify who can read your posts so it's up to the individual to protect him/herself. Company employees and employers have the same access as anyone else, so why wouldn't they read what one posts?

It comes down to a question of ethics. Is it ethical for employees to post what goes on at work about other company employees? I don't think so. If you are going to post what goes on about work you are opening yourself and others involved up to negativity. A company has an ethical obligation and a moral responsibility to hire the best people and to look after them as well as to look after their own reputation.

i'm surprised the way some people are so lax with their facebook. first would be making it friends only,and never adding people from work. then you got people admitting they smoke pot on facebook.. i ain't judging,but you'd think they wouldn't post that in public..

That's why my facebook is set to private. I wouldn't want unwanted viewers to view what I have been doing or posting on facebook. I say to prevent such things like that that facebooks should be set to private and don't view your facebook at work. And maybe don't put coworkers on your facebook, because then word will get around the job and eventually everyone even your managers will hear about what you have posted on facebook. I used to have a friend who would rant about how much she hated her job and how much certain managers got on her nerves and she would call them b*&ches on there and stuff like that. She was even friends with some of her co-workers. This is why I say you shouldn't add co-workers on your facebook at all. Because you never know whatever you post on there it will most likely get around the job area. That is what happened to her and because of all the mean things she said about her job and about her managers, she got fired. Because they said she obviously did not like her job and they figured it just be best to let her go since she wasn't happy anyway. They basically fired her for what she posted on facebook. This is the reason why I keep co-workers off my facebook.

There is a recent rule in the US that a company is not allowed to ask its employees for their passwords to Facebook.

That's shockingly surprising that they or companies will fire you for not being a good person through social net and would monitor your social net activities. I never heard about this kind of stories but thank you for sharing. It's just kind of weird that even your social activity will be monitored and could get fired from company.

i am rearly against employees spying on facebook because i rearly do belive that its invading some ones privacy what gives these people the right to read your facebook page and then punish you for it. Thats just like your boss coming around house and reading your diary its so wrong.

Hi friend, some companies watching the employees activities during office time, because some of the workers will spend their office time with fb and social sites, don't do the work properly, the company have the rights to check them during office hours, but they don't have the rights to punish them based on their personal updates, if they update some ills about the company with their fb account, they can take action against them. But it is not a good thing to punish for their unofficial activities

Companies shouldn't use FB to spy on their employees. I mean these employees are doing things on their own time and not on companies' time. What does it matter if the employee had been drinking? She's not drunk at work, is she? These companies should be sued for wrongful termination!

Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well it is very shocking to hear such things and i think a company should never interrogate one's face book profile as it is like trespassing one's privacy and i think if that happens then i think almost all employees would be fired from a company. Who does not party, who does not drink, do does not post pics and who would not like to vent her ire on face book, at least some freedom should be left in this field. What say?