good idea. I work from home 3,200 miles away from our office.
If I post a picture of me doing a kegstand I simply change the settings to custom and do not include him. Besides... even if he saw it he'd be pissed I didn't invite him out
It's fine if you don't ever post anything on Facebook or don't post/like controversial things. Also it helps if you don't lie to your boss about why miss work then post on Facebook the real thing you were doing that day. All of these things are within your control.
Because of the place where I work, I have two different Facebook profiles. One is a professional one that I can connect with patients and their families and be a normal, productive member of society. My boss knows about this one and has no problem with it.
My friends/family profile is the one where I can post whatever I feel like posting, and the "privacy" settings are set to friends only. The last thing I want is my professional life mixing with my personal life. Those people don't need to know how liberal I am, what I think about pop culture, or how bad those shiatheads at the bus stop for work piss me off.
The only reason I opened a Facebook acct was for doing a blog at work so my boss was the first one on my page. Now, not so long after I'm looking for another job but I don't want her to know. I'd love to grumble about things at work- I cannot. I can't Wait for the day I have another job so I can "unfriend"!
For me, it was fine. My boss had no problem with the shiat I posted on my wall and likely had worse posted on hers. It probably depends on what kind of rapport you have with your boss.
Seriously, are you friends with your boss, or are you just another person passing through his little slice of a cost center before your or he moves on to other things?
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good idea. I work from home 3,200 miles away from our office.
If I post a picture of me doing a kegstand I simply change the settings to custom and do not include him. Besides... even if he saw it he'd be pissed I didn't invite him out
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Though I am friends with a few of my workstudy student employees...
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Indubitably: How do you deny your boss' friend request?
By ignoring it.
/is that really that hard?
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Indubitably: I don't use any media but Fark.
Can't you pay me five dollars plus a month?
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My friends/family profile is the one where I can post whatever I feel like posting, and the "privacy" settings are set to friends only. The last thing I want is my professional life mixing with my personal life. Those people don't need to know how liberal I am, what I think about pop culture, or how bad those shiatheads at the bus stop for work piss me off.
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gingerjet: Indubitably: How do you deny your boss' friend request?
By ignoring it.
/is that really that hard?
Yes squared.
In an environment of boundary violation daily, how do you establish effective, real, professional boundaries?
Perhaps more poignant: how do you defend them?
Depends.
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Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it!
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gingerjet: Indubitably: How do you deny your boss' friend request?
By ignoring it.
/is that really that hard?
This.
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HotIgneous Intruder: gingerjet: Indubitably: How do you deny your boss' friend request?
By ignoring it.
/is that really that hard?
This.
How big is your community, friends?
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Seriously, are you friends with your boss, or are you just another person passing through his little slice of a cost center before your or he moves on to other things?
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/lucky I guess.
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HotIgneous Intruder: gingerjet: Indubitably: How do you deny your boss' friend request?
By ignoring it.
/is that really that hard?
This.
Next day in the morning. "O HAI Intruder, did you finish the report I asked? Oh, and why haven't you accepted my friend request?" AWKWARD!
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