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Friending your boss on Facebook: bad idea, stupidest idea, or worst idea ever?

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Indubitably

2012-11-07 08:57:46 PM

How do you deny your boss' friend request?

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Testiclaw

2012-11-07 09:00:14 PM

Baaaaad idea. Don't need a boss to even know about social media/networking sites outside of LinkedIn.

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vegasj

2012-11-07 09:00:15 PM

me?

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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moops

2012-11-07 09:01:12 PM

What could go wrong?

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RatMaster999

2012-11-07 09:02:50 PM

Though I am friends with a few of my workstudy student employees...

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gingerjet

2012-11-07 09:03:41 PM

Indubitably: How do you deny your boss' friend request?

By ignoring it.

/is that really that hard?

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ultraholland

2012-11-07 09:03:45 PM

Yes.

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DarthBart

2012-11-07 09:03:47 PM

Boss, teacher, professor, etc....oh, hell no.

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Indubitably

2012-11-07 09:04:52 PM

I don't use any media but Fark.

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Indubitably

2012-11-07 09:05:51 PM

Indubitably: I don't use any media but Fark.

Can't you pay me five dollars plus a month?

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PillsHere

2012-11-07 09:06:43 PM

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.

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SkerriNinja

2012-11-07 09:07:19 PM

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.

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ha-ha-guy

2012-11-07 09:07:24 PM

Just stick him on the sanitized list you should already have and up and running for your older relatives and all that.

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PC LOAD LETTER

2012-11-07 09:07:39 PM

Not recently, but my last boss I knew since my first day on the job. He would comment on my status more than anyone. It was alright.

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badLogic

2012-11-07 09:08:02 PM

I don't friend anyone who I work with. Ex-coworkers are ok though

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Indubitably

2012-11-07 09:08:53 PM

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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styckx

2012-11-07 09:09:09 PM

I've denied family members.. So yeah, sure as shiat I'll deny a boss too.. fark em.. I post awful shiat and know it.

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BlankSlate

2012-11-07 09:09:21 PM

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"!

Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it!

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CreativeFarkHandle

2012-11-07 09:09:54 PM

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.

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HotIgneous Intruder

2012-11-07 09:10:01 PM

gingerjet: Indubitably: How do you deny your boss' friend request?

By ignoring it.

/is that really that hard?

This.

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Rapmaster2000

2012-11-07 09:10:47 PM

I'm friends with my boss, but then we party together so it's probably cool.

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Indubitably

2012-11-07 09:11:08 PM

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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wildcardjack

2012-11-07 09:11:50 PM

Well, are you friends 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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DIGITALgimpus

2012-11-07 09:12:38 PM

No big, we all get along in the office, and I even work for a Fortune 500. Makes work suck a lot less when you all get along.

/lucky I guess.

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sotua

2012-11-07 09:13:03 PM

HotIgneous Intruder: gingerjet: Indubitably: How do you deny your boss' friend request?

By ignoring it.

/is that really that hard?

This.