Do y’all accept your boss’s request on social media? Say, Instagram. My boss is cool and all but I’m not sure I want to invite them into my personal space. But leaving their invite hanging feels awkward too. What do y’all do?

Personally i would not accept. I don't think its a good idea to accept the friend request of anyone who has that kind of power over you. You need space.

Don’t do it. Think twice before letting managers follow you on Facebook. They're not there to cheer you on or offer support—they're watching. The moment you post something they disagree with, it could lead to consequences or even land you on a Performance Improvement Plan or termination. A colleague is just that - a colleague, not your friend.

I keep work and my private life seperate. I do not accept friend requests from bosses or coworkers. I also have my socials pretty locked down. If there is a way for only specific followers or friends can see my content that's what it is set to.

I don't do anything exciting or crazy to break any company policies, however, more and more companies have it in black and white exactly how they expect you to act outside of the office to protect the companies image. There are people out there watching and if you mess up they happily will report it. I have seen young coworkers where someone else posted a story where they were drunk and dancing on the tables. They were reprimanded, because they had signed policies that included no public intoxication and maintain professionalism outside the office. They absolutely could have been fired on the spot.

On another note the biggest reason I keep my social media locked down, is because I have worked where people would get your name and search you up on social media to ask questions outside of the office be it personal like asking someone out or questions about work wanting different answers or results. Or they would want to know where you lived and what you looked like because your voice sounded cute on that business call. Or they did not like the answer they were given so they decide to threaten you outside work on social media. I had a coworker at one time who a guy did not like answers he was given, so he found her on social media after harassing her and sending her Google earth photos and sweet view of her home and our office. He then threatened her with violence.

So although I like to share with my friends and be part of the fun. I have my socials locked down as much as possible. I am careful of what and when I post. And my friends are aware that I do not want tagged. If your boss would ask why you are not accepting a friend request you can feel free to give them the response I just gave. You are allowed to have boundaries.

No. I don't let anyone from work be my friend on social media. Its nothing personal, but my private life and work life are two seperate things. I like to keep them seperate.

As a director for quite a few years I had many employees reach out to me. I respectfully answered but always kept it professional. I have even personally face to face gently explained to employees why engaging in social media in some areas was not good, but sharing family pictures and such was fine. I never reached out to staff first as that is not professional and could put the staff in an uncomfortable position. I just don’t think it’s right. Look what it has done to you. You feel awkward. Some businesses check people’s Social Media before they hire them. That alone should keep Supervisors from contacting staff in Social Media. Now that I am retired, I freely answer back, but never about work , even though it’s in the past. Do not accept the invite. It should never have been sent.

I have learned (the hard way) to never mix personal & professional. No coworkers; and definitely not your boss/superior. It can get messy. BOUNDARIES are essential for your protection in this situation.

I would not accept my boss' friend request on FB, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok or any platform that I considered my personal space. Never trust managers and colleagues that much.

Nope. My general rule never friends with anyone from work on social media. If they want to be my friend connect on LinkedIn. I have made 1 exception to this all my years.l but it’s a colleague

No. I never accept social media requests from *anyone* I work with. I think it's the safest way to handle things. If asked, I just explain it's my personal policy and have never had any blowback.

Personally, I wouldn't accept the friend request! Your are my employer not my friend. The only reason an employer would be willing to request you on socials would be to: lurk, watch, pree or spy. Nothing good can come from an employer sifting through your personal life on social media. We are not friends, we are associates/ acquaintances. Keep your personal life private.

If my direct boss found my social media profiles I would accept. That would mean they stumbled on the public Facebook profile where I only post travel pictures or LinkedIn which I rarely post. Had they found my more private profile for friends/family I would deny quickly.

I've told people at work that I don't accept friend requests from anyone at Accenture so keep my personal and professional life separate. Since it's for everyone, there aren't hurt feelings.

Your boss feels it’s okay and is probably okay with you check his personal life. So if you have a concern, it means you two are not the same kind of people. So accept it or not, eventually you will leave the job for a more fitting one.

Them :Oh you aren’t on any social media
Me :yea I find you first and blocked

I have a policy of not friending coworkers on regular social media. I will, however, accept request on business media like LinkedIn

Is your boss so cool that they'd never sanction you, write you up, put you on a PIP or fire you? If they're a really boss, they can do any of those things any time. That means they're not your "friend". You might become friends at some later time, but while they have that power over you, don't be naive. Anything you say or do in that moment of casual "just being real" can and will be used against you behind closed doors where you are not there to defend yourself. Giving them access to peep on you is pure self-abandonment.

No. I keep my work and personal life as separate as possible. Not that I am careless about post. Nothing I would mind my boss seeing but I feel that my boss doesn’t need to be poking around my social media pages.

NO, I likely wouldn't do it.

It would be even worse if they ever mentioned anything about how they're all one big happy "family" - LOL.

No, I won't advise any current co-worker or manager to be added to your social media.

Always keep business separate from personal, do not mix the two, if you can, create a “business” account, if you cannot, ignore requests

You should totally do it! The reddit posts about people being unjustly fired for social media revelations have been getting a bit dull lately and we need the drama.

But seriously, no. Your boss could search through your entire history of comments/posts and find any of a thousand things that might upset them (e.g. drinking, religion, perceived skipping work, pregnancy announcement, disabilities, LGBT support, economic level, political affiliation, vaccine support, parties you didn't invite them to, criticism of boss/coworkers, disagreement with president)

Nope. I don't have anyone I work for, or who works for me, on my social media.
And rarely do I add peers either, unless we're actually friends outside of work.
As others have stated, a distinction between work and home is very important. There's also just waaaay too many instances of people misinterpreting things and using it against you. Don't make it any easier to do so!