Employers asking for Facebook passwords

Do I have to think of everything?

But it seems I'm among the last fifty people on the planet not to...

Although I'm not sure that's any better.

Shit, my industry should have unionized in the 90s, when we still called the shots...

and cyber ninjas never called the shots.

They tell you not to give your password to anyone. I wonder if Facebook will come out against this bullshit?

It needs to be opposed on principle, though, not just because the corporation says so.

it never hurts to have a corporation on your side.

that would make it illegal for a prospective or current employer to request or demand such info..then go for a statute under the federal privacy act to include this prohibition. If state lawmakers refuse, then go for a referendum or initiative.

seems to apply to a lot more than old ugly men gazing at women's reproductive systems.

http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2012/03/20/fyi-gop/

Most work in the country is "work at will". That means the employer owns you and you have few rights as a worker. In today's environment is it going to be very difficult to get worker protection laws passed. The Department of Labor has been cut so much it is pretty ineffective as an enforcer now. This is particularly true at the state and local level. 600,000 public sector jobs have been lost and this fact effects everything. Also many enforcement agencies were staffed with right wingers by Bush and they are still running things in many ways.

I worked at DOL for 24 years and watched the labor and employment sector being degraded year by year in favor of employers through deregulation and eroding administrative operations that actually are the machinery of enforcement. My take is that employers have almost free run already to do what they want. Many public workers are now intimidated to do what they are allowed to do by law. The civil service system is under attack and the GOP want to be able to appoint all position based on party. That is patronage. So public employees are hamstrung.

The GOP meme about reducing government is ending all regulation of business. It is "laissez faire" on steroids.

Workers are kind of screwed on this issue you cannot refuse and if you have a fake account it is automatic dismissal if it is discovered. Give the GOP power and corporations will be able to rule your live with impunity. Welcome to the brave new world of slavery in the 21st century.

or you don't qualify for the job. fuck'em.

I have stopped Facebooking a long time ago.

It does not exist anymore for me.

My mother has the right idea, "Never post what you don't want to tell the world".

I keep my life private, and if it means no social media (I don't even Twitter)

So be it.

...I have several.

we know there is a pro-business bias in many, many states. I have no issue with employers imposing a non-disparagement clause in an employment agreement, i.e. employees do not post public-facing negative statements or opinions about their employer. This cannot, however, apply to private communications such as an e-mail or a text.

But above that, an employer should not be allowed to pre-condition employment on access to and review of a prospective employee's social networking, e-mail or other personal accounts.

If they want that level of information let them hire a private detective to use whatever means he/she has in disclosing potentially unfavorable information about the candidate.

I would absolutely tell them to Cheney themselves if they asked me. Unfortunately today with so many people out of work, many people are going to do this because they have no choice.

I agree that the employer should not have the info. The sad part is that the voting public has voted itself into this corner with the general anti union, antilabor and even antigovernment attitude. They have allowed the business community to have free reign because they won't vote for politicians who support unions or labor rights.

The allow the GOP frame on such issues to get them to vote against themselves. I run into a lot of people who think that pushing for a fair wage is too communistic and anti business. There is so much disconnected logic around that I cannot keep track of it.

The GOP uses so much code word formations that people get confused. It is like the bubbling whales do to confuse fish they are about to eat. Low information voters don't know which way to go. They fall for the trap every time.

I have said for over thirty years the loss of freedom will not come from government but from corporations and business.

then you have a case against them if you don't get hired.

you are owned by a corporation. K&R

... and populate it with terrible terrible terrible things. Just for fun. Then tell them they can suck an egg.