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SEATTLE – When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.
Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn't see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information.
Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn't want to work for a company that would seek such personal information. But as the job market steadily improves, other job candidates are confronting the same question from prospective employers, and some of them cannot afford to say no.
In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person's social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around. .....
Originally posted by xuenchen
some of them cannot afford to say no.
Originally posted by circlemaker
Originally posted by xuenchen
some of them cannot afford to say no.
This part stood out for me. I've reluctantly signed contracts and have adjusted my personal life just so that I can survive. It's straight up corporate tyranny. They got us "workers" by the balls. Our desire to survive is being used against us at every turn. I can't even describe how resentful this makes me feel. I feel like I've been punished for simply being born.
edit on 3/20/2012 by circlemaker because: spelling
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
I've seen some pretty scary software apps. I cannot now remember the name of the specific software, but I saw it at a presentation, and people afterward were talking amongst themselves how draconian it was. It's basically software that lets employers watch every single thing you do online at work, but this one was really invasive.
Originally posted by HellstormRising
I wanted to add that recently CNN just featured an article that specified Facebook is on the side of the user. They sustain that an employer asking for usernames and passwords is against Facebook's policies and could also open the employer up to legal problems stemming from discrimination. Nice article even if it is from CNN.
www.cnn.com...