? For those who use Facebook still

[Bartdog]

What is your general policy about friending people at work above and below you? Mine is to not do it with some special exceptions, like where I also know them from somewhere else

 

[LesClaypool]

My policy:

1. Do not use your real name on Facebook. If you're using it now, go into your settings and change it immediately. Use some derivation of it so that you don't show up in Google searches when someone from work does search for you. I've seen people do simple things like if your name is John Smith, make your Facebook "Jo Hnsmith" or "Juan Smith." Either that or use some combo of your first and middle names, omitting your last name altogether.

2. Never accept or initiate a friend request w/a superior or direct report...and frankly, it's a pretty bad idea to do so w/a peer too. You never know who will use your personal life against you, even if yours is pretty benign and boring...a-holes will figure out a way to step on you if/when it's in their interest.

 

[NoleFan2U]

I work in a small office and my boss does not have Facebook. Problem solved.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

When I used Facebook I had a policy of never sending a friend request to anyone.

I accepted most people from work who sent me requests.

 

[SeaPA]

I typically do much the same as RRR. I don't recall when I started my FB account, but I doubt I've sent more than a half dozen friend requests through the years.
I typically accept most friend requests, with a few exceptions. I'm also quick to hit the "don't view posts from douche"

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

I don’t have a Facebook account but my general policy for everything is

Work <<<<<<<<<<<<|>>>>>>>>>>Personal

 

[GwinnettNole]

I generally do not accept being friends with anyone from work on FB. There have been a few exceptions but it’s rare...

 

[OrlandNole]

Don't accept friend requests from coworkers or ex-girlfriends.

/thread

 

[fsu1jreed]

I don't friend ANYONE I work with............that just has trouble written all over it, especially with some of the stuff I post

And I keep my profile security settings on the most private

 

[ReliableOstrich]

I would friend them (when used it) but had a group setting for relatives / coworkers where they couldn't see anything on my page - it was literally a blank feed with my profile photo.

I felt that was both a slap in the face to them for daring to think we were cool like that and also checked the box of saying "yea I accepted your request" so they couldn't ask me about it.

 

[HilltopperNole]

Don't accept friend request from anybody at the school I work at. Don't see the need. Never understand why teachers facebook request students.

 

[FSU_UCLA]

I am Facebook friends with pretty much everybody at work, except the few university administrators. We don’t really have a hierarchy, i.e., people above or below us.

 

[More Kirk Less Spock]

What is your general policy about friending people at work above and below you? Mine is to not do it with some special exceptions, like where I also know them from somewhere else

I don't friend people from work unless we are friends, but if we are, why not.

 

[funksouljon]

I don't friend with people I work with. Unless I have worked with them for a long time or am actual friends with them outside of work.

I try to keep my Zuckerberg friends to a minimum in general.

 

[cfbfan23]

Never understand why teachers facebook request students.

For hookups, maybe? (see "AnotherDay, Another Teacher")

 

[NDallasRuss]

I don't friend ANYONE I work with............that just has trouble written all over it, especially with some of the stuff I post

And I keep my profile security settings on the most private

This, for me also.

I have facebook friends that i used to work with, but I wouldn't friend anyone while currently working with them.

 

[DanC78]

No policy.

Just depends on who they are and if I like them. This is the same for anyone.

What I don’t do, and this also goes for anyone I may become FB friends with, I do not seek individuals out. If I see a pic where a person is tagged, and I like that person, I will send them a friend request.

If I am friend requested, I generally will accept the request.

 

[LesClaypool]

If I am friend requested, I generally will accept the request.

 

[DanC78]

Ha...yeah, I guess I should have mentioned that I will accept if I know you, and like you...or at least not dislike you.

 

[seminole97]

We don’t really have a hierarchy, i.e., people above or below us.