Employer background check on facebook...

[MtnMan]

I have a big problem with drug tests, and i don't use either. The company has absolutley no right to ask about what I do, in privacy, off the clock. Whether it's drugs, downloading torrents, drinking, smoking, eating unhealthy food, looking at porn, none of this has any impact on my job performance, and if it does, then fire me because my job performance has been impacted.

Drugs, drinking, smoking, and your weight does effect your performance, and the number of work days missed for sickness, and the total cost of having you as an employee, deal with it.

Your off duty porn and perversions are your business, at least for most jobs.

 

[Nebor]

Is there some reason you shouldn't wear a tshirt under your body armor or is this just an "out of uniform" thing?

It was an out of uniform thing.

 

[MtnMan]

On a side note, I was watching this documentary where a Sheriff's Department in some county in TX arrested a person who they had a warrant out on when she wrote on her friend's wall that she will be back in TX to go to her high school reunion

Stupid people use FB, easy to pick the low hanging fruit.

 

[RedCOMET]

If the organization needs to friend you on facebook to do a background check then they are doing it wrong. What ever happened to running your name through some databases / courts to get info on you, and having investigators talk to friends / family to see if you are a good person?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Stupid people use FB, easy to pick the low hanging fruit.

I think a lot of people use facebook and never have any sort of problems.

 

[Corporate Thug]

If the organization needs to friend you on facebook to do a background check then they are doing it wrong. What ever happened to running your name through some databases / courts to get info on you, and having investigators talk to friends / family to see if you are a good person?

The database is given. The personal investigators don't work for 2 reasons (1) they are too costly on the county level (but the fed and private industries dealing with confidential into still use them) and (2) they are like references on a resume...much less likely to find dirt from friends and family rather than random pictures posted on facebook from random friends of friends.

 

[Baked]

You also need to send a head shot along w/ your resume if you wanna apply for a job here. We don't hire ugly people.

 

[Gillbot]

Well of course I have only known 1 person in my entire life who doesn't play the ASS KISSING game. Infact he went out of his way not to par take in the ass kiising game. A true Man.

Anyone that knows me, knows i'm the farthest from an ass kisser. I just don't care enough about facebook to live my life there, nor am I dumb enough to post something I may regret later.

Dubious, but who the hell knows in this country any more. Land of the free, home of the brave, my ass, today, Americans are a bunch of sniveling cowards trampling each other in their rush to hand in their rights.

This came from our very own security department when I asked about it. They said deletion will not prevent them from performing their background check as they will get the data from the source, and by signing the forms for said background check, you are allowing them to access those deleted records.

 

[sportage]

Think of it this way...
If they asked for copies of every email you ever sent, and every photo from your picture library you ever took, would you comply?
I would NEVER give them access to FB, I'd delete everything first.
And if any company wants to use FB input to hire you, maybe you are better than the company. People have standards too. You employer might not. A job IS NOT a job. You can be better than this, even if the employer is not.
FB is a joke. Just a bunch of drama queens and a bunch of kiddies that can't get along.
Even Mark Zuckerberg himself has called FB users "dumb Fuc*s" for turning over so much personal information at will.

 

[Numenorean]

If her account is setup right, they can't see any information about her. She should tell them she doesn't have a Facebook account.

 

[911paramedic]

I need to know who I can really trust on this site, so everybody better accept my friend request when I send it. Don't go trying to clean out your photos and comments first either.

 

[911paramedic]

Think of it this way...
If they asked for copies of every email you ever sent, and every photo from your picture library you ever took, would you comply?
I would NEVER give them access to FB, I'd delete everything first.
And if any company wants to use FB input to hire you, maybe you are better than the company. People have standards too. You employer might not. A job IS NOT a job. You can be better than this, even if the employer is not.
FB is a joke. Just a bunch of drama queens and a bunch of kiddies that can't get along.
Even Mark Zuckerberg himself has called FB users "dumb Fuc*s" for turning over so much personal information at will.

That's exactly why they want to see it, maturity, personal responsibility and integrity.

 

[KingGheedora]

I find it stupid that they would require that. But my other question is, how did they send her a friend request to begin with? Doesn't she make herself hidden from searches?

 

[KK]

I think they can still get the info from facebook. If you consent to the background check, that gives them the right to contact facebook and gain access to even "deleted" accounts.

If you consent to a back ground check, I don't believe that they have the ability to get that type of information without a warrant. I doubt that facebook would just hand that information without a reason to, and a background check isn't one of the reasons.

Anyways back to the OP, what to say your wife could accept the friend request, then once hired, defriend, after the grace period. Or atleast the very least just limit their ability to see anything more than what a non friend would see.

 

[Patranus]

Get over it. FB is not a fad. It's not going anywhere. It's one of the ways people socialize on top of phone, text, in person, etc. Who gets it to be an 'internet star'? WTF?

Again, get over it and embrace it.

FB or something like FB will always exist from now on. 20 years from now, not using a social network is like that old fart dinosaur who doesn't know how to use a PC when it's become a neccessity, no longer just a novelty.

Who gives a shit about online privacy? It all start with you. You don't post stupid crap to begin with, you won't have problems.

Socialize? Thats rich.

Facebook is nothing more than a means to feel important and pretend you are "socializing" with people when 99% of those people couldn't give 2 shits about what you are doing.

Sure it isn't going anywhere and that is just a sad picture of our society.

 

[shortylickens]

:thumbsup: x 1,000

People need to get off of the social network craze.

I don't care if Facebook assisted in giving Egypt it's freedom or that MySpace delivered a baby in the back of taxi cab during a traffic jam. It all needs to be tossed out.

But, every mother fucker with a computer wants to be an internet star/sensation.

Almost everyone wanted to be a star before the internet even existed.
Since we now have an internet, we can actually see Andy Warhols Dream (or nightmare) in action. Its kinda funny if you think about it.

 

[shortylickens]

Facebook has unfortunately gone from a free time place where people can write shit to an integrated part of our society.

Its also at the point where you have to have an account to know whats going on. People dont send an sms anymore, they write it on facebook. You should see my wife, glued to her mobile 24/7. No wonder employers want access, people document their whole life on that site.

"John Citizen checked in at 7-11 at 08:25"

Followed up by

"Just got myself a Pepsi"

Is it really strange employers want access??

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Yeah the people do it to themselves. If Facebook hadnt become so incredibly popular and constantly used, employers wouldnt bother with it. You live in the world you make for yourself.
To that end I hardly ever post anything I my page. I damn sure never say I own guns or go shooting once a week. What if my next boss is a hippy ultra-lib?

 

[MichaelHudson]

I always find it funny when people who post on forums talk about facebook being a waste of time.

 

[shortylickens]

I always find it funny when people who post on forums talk about facebook being a waste of time.

So which is your primary account?

 

[Newbian]

If her account is setup right, they can't see any information about her. She should tell them she doesn't have a Facebook account.

Read first page.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Yet another reason for me to delete my FB account.

 

[Newbian]

The employer has specifically asked to be "friended" they want full on access to friends,photo's and the wall.

Can they tell if they are set on a restriction list to begin with?

 

[Pliablemoose]

I keep FaceBook very generic, too many relatives on it anyway...

 

[OverVolt]

It honestly sounds like a shitty place to work.

 

[Lifted]

It honestly sounds like a shitty place to work.

This.

Why stop there? Make the prospective employee bring in all photo albums, a list of all books they've read in the last 5 years, a list of every website they are a member of with their account name on said site, and make them take a polygraph to verify they've supplied everything required and have not removed any content in the meantime.