Comments on: People with Lives, Opinions or a Soul Need Not Apply

By: Michael Orton

Michael Orton — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:06:35 +0000

That is a valid point.

I have no idea where the original posting came from, but I suppose it is important that employers and employees agree on this sort of policy.

The snag being that I have no idea which company it is that I don’t want to work for. Seattle is a nice place to visit, and if I had to live in the USA then I suspect it would be the city I would end up in. But I prefer the UK thank you, so this rather odd policy doesn’t really bother me.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:55:44 +0000

You could look at it the other way – Would you want to work for someone like Jim Thompson of Seattle? You shouldn’t let a very small number of rogue employers that you’d never be comfortable working for anyway dictate your online presence.

BTW, I hate Facebook, I’m only there because too many friends are on there who have no other online presence. Twitter is far better.

By: Michael Orton

Michael Orton — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:46:54 +0000

Those privacy settings are of limited value if the above mentioned HR and security people can see there is something hidden from them.

That the above annonymous company expect to see the entire site and will not employ someone who has a private area is proof that they expect to be able to detect the existence of such an area.

This does not increase my likelihood of opening a Facebook account.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:25:40 +0000

Surprising the sorts of things I’ve heard people say in public posts on Facebook and Twitter – bitching about management and clients, and making those posts public. Those privacy settings are there for a reason.

By: Michael Orton

Michael Orton — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:20:39 +0000

What sort of recruitment department believes that people who are engaging in activities likely to bring a company into disrepute would publish that fact on their Facebook page?
What sort of recruitment department assumes that anything published on the web is obviously not only the truth but the whole truth?
I’m not sure I want anything to do with the sort of people who assume that people who don’t have Facebook pages are axiomatically unsavoury characters.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:36:28 +0000

Of course, “Non-political” often means “Different from our (conservative) politics”.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:32:58 +0000

Unless you’re some kind of violent extremist, political views ought to be completely irrelevant unless you want to work for a political party.

By: Serdar

Serdar — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:27:29 +0000

I’m sure they’ll have no trouble finding “non-political” individuals in the West. All two of them.