Would you give your employer your facebook password if asked?
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How was it? If you don't give them any money then you aren't the customer.
We already had a big argument over at ICHC last year regarding Facebook. The company has come right out and stated that you have very little chance of making the front page any longer unless you immediately share the lols you make on Facebook.And Leoreth nails it. Have a cigar
If you're part of the last .05% of the population who refuses to use Facebook ( and I am sure I will be ) then what will the FBI think? What will employers think? What will potential dates think?
That makes me wonder how on earth I managed it the last time. I refuse to share anything on Facebook, no matter if it's a petition I signed, a lol I made, the item I just bought on Amazon, or the pizza I just ordered.
Of course you're the customer. There are currencies other than money, and in this case it's your data and other personal information they want, not to mention your clicks. Every click means money in their coffers.
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Well, I suppose that's true in a sense. I guess I've just decided I'm not selling for what they're offering. 
azzaman333
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Would I give them my password? Hell no, that's ridiculous.
However, Id be perfectly ok with them looking at my public Facebook page. Im comfortable with my privacy settings, and there's nothing i post there which i wouldn't be ok with being seen by a prospective employer. If you're posting private details on Facebook, you're doing it wrong.
Also, I find it amusing that some of our older posters seem to think having a Facebook account means that you instantly have no privacy or any control over what people might know about you. It's ridiculous.
However, Id be perfectly ok with them looking at my public Facebook page. Im comfortable with my privacy settings, and there's nothing i post there which i wouldn't be ok with being seen by a prospective employer. If you're posting private details on Facebook, you're doing it wrong.
Also, I find it amusing that some of our older posters seem to think having a Facebook account means that you instantly have no privacy or any control over what people might know about you. It's ridiculous.
What about the people at Facebook? Do you really trust Facebook to never, ever look at your information? To use your information for marketing in any way, shape, or form? To 'accidently oopsie' sell your information to 3rd parties? I sure as hell don't.
azzaman333
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I don't trust Facebook. That's why i don't put anything on there which im not comfortable with being public.
azzaman333
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If you're that concerned about privacy, why do you post on CFC?
Facebook can't make you put anything online you don't want to. You have complete control of the image you want to project. It's no different to just about any other website you choose to use where interaction between other people is possible.
You don't have to use Facebook, makes no difference to me. But I'll still find it amusing that one would decry the lack of privacy on Facebook when they have a large online footprint on CFC. Because fundamentally, its the exact same situation.
CFC doesn't link to our offline lives unless we put those here ourselves. For instance, azzaman, I have no idea if you and I have friends in common here. I could check if I cared enough to do so, but I don't. And CFC doesn't send out messages to my email yammering on about other peoples' friends I might know, or countless other things that have nothing to do with me at all - but I get them via the links to/from other people.
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CFC also doesn't try to cook up an instant high school reunion ( whether I like it or not ) the second I start posting on it.
EDIT: Though I'll grant that I didn't like HS much and stayed close to the few people I really did like since then, so I don't have the need to "reconnect" that draws a lot of people to Facebook.
EDIT2: I'm also aware that I'm not really private here, but I'm also not holding out a huge neon sign to old associates that says "HEY, LOOK AT ME!!!"
EDIT: Though I'll grant that I didn't like HS much and stayed close to the few people I really did like since then, so I don't have the need to "reconnect" that draws a lot of people to Facebook.
EDIT2: I'm also aware that I'm not really private here, but I'm also not holding out a huge neon sign to old associates that says "HEY, LOOK AT ME!!!"
I, personally, am not that terribly concerned about it, but I totally understand why others may be freaked out over it. I don't have a facebook account because facebook strikes me as ridiculously stupid, not because of privacy concerns.
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giving them access to my facebook page would give them access to private message correspondence, which they have no business viewing.
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hmmm effectively this could be an interesting question for a job interview to gauge the reaction of the candidate to an ethically challenging request.
The interviewer will ask for facebook password and then evaluate how the candidate will react.
I can imagine several possible answers with different degrees of employability.
The preferred answer would be something like:
"you may know that sharing password with 3rd parties is forbidden by Facebook ToS and may expose the company to serious potential liabilities regarding privacy of employee.
In my opinion as, potentially, employee of this company I would rather go for a different approach like asking to show the page, talk about how the profile is used, etc"
Such an answer will show that the candidate is able to quickly forecast problems and find a good solution to them is a positive, non confrontational, way.
Other answers such as "no, never corporate swine", "yes, sure", "face what?", etc. will be indication of a candidate that is not able to see or confront a problem.
An answer like "no, I care about my privacy" is somehow borderline... I would accept it, but it isn't an answer that open dialogue, it closes it instead.
Bad negotiation strategy.
I have to interview a candidate for a job soon, maybe I should use this trick question.
Any employer seriously asking for facebook password is really not the best you can have, and you are better off not working for them.
However many people have more than one FB profile (one for close friends and one for other people, parents, etc)
The interviewer will ask for facebook password and then evaluate how the candidate will react.
I can imagine several possible answers with different degrees of employability.
The preferred answer would be something like:
"you may know that sharing password with 3rd parties is forbidden by Facebook ToS and may expose the company to serious potential liabilities regarding privacy of employee.
In my opinion as, potentially, employee of this company I would rather go for a different approach like asking to show the page, talk about how the profile is used, etc"
Such an answer will show that the candidate is able to quickly forecast problems and find a good solution to them is a positive, non confrontational, way.
Other answers such as "no, never corporate swine", "yes, sure", "face what?", etc. will be indication of a candidate that is not able to see or confront a problem.
An answer like "no, I care about my privacy" is somehow borderline... I would accept it, but it isn't an answer that open dialogue, it closes it instead.
Bad negotiation strategy.
I have to interview a candidate for a job soon, maybe I should use this trick question.
Any employer seriously asking for facebook password is really not the best you can have, and you are better off not working for them.
However many people have more than one FB profile (one for close friends and one for other people, parents, etc)
That's an interesting point, actually - at any rate, I think the answer given in the article ('no, but I'm happy to address any concerns you have in reference to what I do on it') is the best. I can understand an employer wanting to make sure that you don't use social networking to send offensive messages or post obscene pictures which would give them a bad name, for example.
Rashiminos
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The answer is no. As far I'm concerned, said employer could use less support from it's primary source of funds/profit for even considering it.
Why would I need a negotiation strategy for something which should be non-negotiable right from the start? Politely telling your employer that you want to keep your private and professional life separate should be a perfectly acceptable answer.
wolfigor
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You need a negotiation strategy because, given the OP, you are in a job interview and you are supposed to care to get such job.
A job interview is a way to gauge your capacity at work.
Being able to overcome objections and being able to negotiate is showing your value for the company.
Negotiation is not about saying no or yes, is about finding position that are mutually agreeable.
In the specific example is a good way to show how you are able to tell "no" to a customer's request without stonewalling the process, offering a valid alternative to continue the discussion.
Especially in this context just saying "no" is not going to lead you to a winning position.
It's better to keep the negotiation open, understand why such a request was made, and then offer a potential alternative that can satisfy both you (your privacy in this case) and the need to the interviewer (maybe knowing if you post deranged stuff on your FB profile).
At the end you want to say no, but keep your counterpart happy at the same time.