Would you give up your passwords to get a job?

No way! I had never heard of that! I work for an RHA in Canada and they have all those sites blocked (Facebook etc). They do tell us right off the hop that they monitor internet use. But they make no bones about it - it's to make sure you aren't wasting time when you should be working.

Or something like that!

Papa3x, are you by chance from Indiana? I was just reading an article about this, this morning in the paper. Depends on the job, I certainly wouldn't for a minimum wage job. However, I'm currently in school, I graduate in a year, and will be working in the legal field. I could understand why they would want to question my character (which is apparently defined by social networking in present day), I probably wouldn't give them my login information, but I would log in for them to look around. I don't have anything to hide, anyway.

It depends on the pay.

Not just NO but HELL NO!!

This!

Is that even legal? Something tells me it's not.

Yes, the story said it IS legal... FOR NOW. There may be upcoming legislation to make it illegal.

Yeah, then I wouldn't be surprised to see somebody going to court if companies honestly think it's worth their time to pursue access to personal accounts. Interesting to see technology update the law. Hopefully, as people continue to put more of themselves in public view, they don't lose respect for the concept of right to privacy.

There is a strong argument that in the US, at least, it is not legal. A potential employer may not ask you for your age or marital status. Requesting your Facebook password gives them both. I would encourage people who are denied jobs over this to contact the ACLU and similar organizations. Those rights-based organizations will eventually find the right candidate to back in a lawsuit as part of the strategy for making this a clearly illegal practice.

Is that even legal? Something tells me it's not.

Yes, the story said it IS legal... FOR NOW. There may be upcoming legislation to make it illegal.

Yeah, then I wouldn't be surprised to see somebody going to court if companies honestly think it's worth their time to pursue access to personal accounts. Interesting to see technology update the law. Hopefully, as people continue to put more of themselves in public view, they don't lose respect for the concept of right to privacy.

I read somewhere yesterday that although it isn't legal it is not punishable or something stupid...

There is a strong argument that in the US, at least, it is not legal. A potential employer may not ask you for your age or marital status. Requesting your Facebook password gives them both. I would encourage people who are denied jobs over this to contact the ACLU and similar organizations. Those rights-based organizations will eventually find the right candidate to back in a lawsuit as part of the strategy for making this a clearly illegal practice.

It is not illegal for a company to ask for passwords to your social media accounts, nor is it illegal (at least in right-to-work states) for a company to fire you for not giving them said passwords. The real question is why anyone would be willing to work for a company that thought any of this information was their business. They have the right to ask, and you have the right to say "Screw you. I'll find work elsewhere."

I am disappointed, but not at all surprised, that people are turning to the government for a remedy to this problem, i.e. a law to prevent companies from requiring things like this. The government has no business regulating this sort of behavior in PRIVATE companies. If enough people would grow a backbone and refuse to accept this kind of treatment from their employers, it would stop soon enough without an act of Congress. These companies would come to realize they can't make any money with a solid workforce, and they can't have a solid workforce if they demand to know what their employees are doing 24 hours a day.

At my last job, my boss wanted all the employees to sign a statement that we would not socialize with other employees outside of work (even after we left the company and went to work somewhere else), that we would not discuss certain things with co-workers while we were AT work, etc. I refused to sign it and told him to fire me if he didn't trust me. Several other employees followed suit. Nobody got fired because he would've been up a creek without a paddle if he had terminated all of us, and he eventually decided it was in his best interst to mind his own freaking business.

Absolutely not, and I personally think it's ridiculous for a company to even look at your profile to determine whether they are going to hire you. If my background check is clean, if I have no arrest records, if I have good recommendations and if I am qualified for the job that should be all that matters.

Exactly! I would never give up my passwords to anyone. They are private for a reason. I have nothing to hide, but what is in my private, personal life is just that. As long as it doesn't affect my professional life, then it should not be their business to be nosing around in what I do on my own time. So not NO, but HE** NO!

It depends on the job. If I had a contract and was paid for providing that information then absolutely. Information is worth money. If you want that information you have to pay.

I don't understand why it's any different from rooting through someone's mail or tapping their phone lines. I'm unemployed and desperately seeking a job, but there's no way I'd give my passwords.

Actually they can turn you down and just say you were not qualified.....so prove it was because you refused to provide them with your passowrds.....corporation are looking for lemmings....nothing more nothing yes....

Hahahahaha you crack me up!!! LOVE the part about the jello shots with your clothes off!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Whatcha doin this afternoon? I may have some all ready to go! :drinker:

i have never heard of this....

I rarely post things on my FB, or get any kind of emails outside of junk and forwards. But regardless, no, I would never give my passwords out. To me that just seems like a huge violation of privacy.

No.