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All of the feelings- just got laid off...now what?
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Tell them you restict it to extended family. And you are happy to connect on LinkedIn.
Yes, tell them it’s strictly for your personal life and you don’t mix personal and professional. It’s never a good idea to accept work colleagues as friends on any social media—you never know why they’re wanting to get into your personal life.
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Connecting with any current coworkers is always a bad idea, but especially your manager, unless you post nothing but kitten videos.
You can tell her that you have a policy of not "friending" anyone you currently work with. I've had to do that and it was accepted just fine.
That is really out of bounds for a supervisor or manager. That could go terribly wrong for them as well as you. Either way, I would just be honest and tell them you want to keep your off work hours, off work. As well as they should want to do the same.
General rule of thumb, absolutely not. You will regret giving youranager that extra bit of leverage/info to them. Keep your work/life separate.
Instagram and Facebook are social networks, if they're not a party of your personal social network, don't add.
In terms of what to say, just say your social networks are very private and you won't share them to anyone except those very close to you.
I don't like have my boss on social media. Sometimes you need to vent about work or what to share funny work related jokes that don't specifically speak to what you're feeling about work. I've had co-workers that I later supervised and that makes it a little awkward when they post jokes like taking a sick day to watch a baseball game. Now if I have a co-worker I now supervise I just have the settings not display their posts.
As a general rule of thumb, that's a hard no. Just tell them "Ask me again after one of us leaves the company." I would consider making an exception if I worked for (and enjoyed working for) a very small company of 10 or fewer employees that has a "family business" culture where the lines of work & friendship & family are very integrated, and you see yourself working there forever. But in a corporate culture, that's a hard no.
No. You can tell her you have a strict policy against co-mingling work and personal life on social media. It has been my experience over the last several years, that social media can and mostly does nothing to enhance your current career relationships. AND if you are not careful, depending on the post can do a lot to severely damage your career, or get you fired, no matter what your intentions were. It's not worth the risk. In general, I have counseled my direct reports to seriously consider staying off social media all together. As for LinkedIn, I only update my professional profile after I have left my latest job, so people never see my "current" position. A conservative position, I know, but I have witnessed too many people held back, or outright destroyed over innocent, personal things. Make good choices.
In general, I have a personal policy to NOT connect with current co-workers on social media. Also, the only social media I am on is LinkedIn, which is for professional connections. And I still refuse such connections. I am just uncomfortable with that extra connection. The don't even have my personal email addresses.
I actually block anyone I work with I actively search for them and block them mixing social media and work is never a good idea. I would urge others to do this 'purge' then you don't get friend requests
In this instance just explain you don't mix personal and professional contacts
No. I do not want anyone knowing what I do in my off time. If I did, I would tell them myself. No stalkers.
I'm totally agreement with not accepting friend requests from co workers. I do homecare and also do not accept from them. There are boundaries to maintain
My only social media is LinkedIn and Tiktok. LinkedIn I will definitely accept those requests, but not Tiktok. I keep that private and block anyone I know. Coworkers are not your friends.
most definitely not, tell them you don’t do social media because it’s full of narcissistic weirdos looking for constant validation and it’s painful enough being around people I work with 9 hours a day and finish with although I do I hate everyone equally then just stare at them. if they reply, say that’s what social media would be like ….then stare again say nothing, if they walk away, fine if they speak again, interrupt them and say this is what having you as a friend on Facebook would be like.
I always say that I don't add work people to social media. I've never had issues with it.
No I do not. I keep work and home separate.
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Ok your question is very broad but I don’t see why not for your industry.
HELL NO! Private life, and they should not be invading it
I only use that for family, and close friend (You Psycho)
Absolutely not. You don't shit where you eat! Trust no one!
I friend colleagues but I would never friend my boss. I don't post a lot. Mostly just memes and silly stuff. I don't even like them texting me though to be honest unless they are running late or they need something.
I would say that I do not mix my personal life with my professional world.
"Sorry, I don't really use social media anymore. Infact, I've been meaning to delete my accounts."