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sleeper

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27,879 posts
Mar 20, 2012 12:26 PM
Simple solution. Don't use Facebook.
Mar 20, 2012 12:26pm
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MontyBrunswick

Mar 20, 2012 12:29 PM
I'd politely tell them to fuck off.

Same with those employers that make you take one of those dumbass 1-2hr "personality surveys" where they ask you the same question 5 different ways.
Mar 20, 2012 12:29pm
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

32,056 posts
Mar 20, 2012 12:29 PM
I'm not, even though I am unemployed. I enjoy living off of society.

But for real, I would never work for a company that required my facebook password. Fuck them.
Mar 20, 2012 12:29pm
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GoChiefs

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16,754 posts
Mar 20, 2012 12:29 PM
sleeper;1122086 wrote:Simple solution. Don't use Facebook.
Or tell them to fuck off. I'll look for employment elsewhere.
Mar 20, 2012 12:29pm
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FatHobbit

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8,651 posts
Mar 20, 2012 12:30 PM
Until last year, the city of Bozeman, Mont., had a long-standing policy of asking job applicants for passwords to their email addresses, social-networking websites and other online accounts.
I suppose you could create a dummy email account for this, but that is more access than I'm willing to hand over. What if they ask to go through your house and inspect your dirty underwear?
Mar 20, 2012 12:30pm
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

32,056 posts
Mar 20, 2012 12:38 PM
FatHobbit;1122092 wrote:I suppose you could create a dummy email account for this, but that is more access than I'm willing to hand over. What if they ask to go through your house and inspect your dirty underwear?

Bozeman can piss off. Anyone that hands over their passwords is a pussy.
Mar 20, 2012 12:38pm
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hasbeen

Excuse me, Flo?

6,504 posts
Mar 20, 2012 12:55 PM
I make my shit private for a reason
Mar 20, 2012 12:55pm
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Automatik

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Mar 20, 2012 12:55 PM
GoChiefs;1122091 wrote:Or tell them to fuck off. I'll look for employment elsewhere.
+1

I don't want to a work for someone that would request that anyway.
Mar 20, 2012 12:55pm
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Con_Alma

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Mar 20, 2012 1:02 PM
I bet they wouldn't want you as an employee if you wouldn't hand it over.

It sounds like the agreement would be mutual.
Mar 20, 2012 1:02pm
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Automatik

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Mar 20, 2012 1:08 PM
Con_Alma;1122125 wrote:I bet they wouldn't want you as an employee if you wouldn't hand it over.

It sounds like the agreement would be mutual.
Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

Asking for that info has nothing do to with my qualifications to do a job, that would be an instant turnoff for that company.

Whats next? My Gmail password?:laugh:
Mar 20, 2012 1:08pm
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hasbeen

Excuse me, Flo?

6,504 posts
Mar 20, 2012 1:08 PM
Con_Alma;1122125 wrote:I bet they wouldn't want you as an employee if you wouldn't hand it over.

It sounds like the agreement would be mutual.
/Con Alma'd
Mar 20, 2012 1:08pm
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hasbeen

Excuse me, Flo?

6,504 posts
Mar 20, 2012 1:09 PM
Automatik;1122131 wrote:Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

Asking for that info has nothing do to with my qualifications to do a job, that would be an instant turnoff for that company.

Whats next? My Gmail password?:laugh:
Next will be an inquiry inside your sex life. Can tell a lot about a man.
Mar 20, 2012 1:09pm
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Con_Alma

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Mar 20, 2012 1:13 PM
Automatik;1122131 wrote:Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

Asking for that info has nothing do to with my qualifications to do a job, that would be an instant turnoff for that company.

Whats next? My Gmail password?:laugh:
I appreciate you pointing out the obvious sentiment that it would be a turn off of that company. :)

It's clear they don't want a representative of the company who has the desire to be a derelict in their own time. It's good to know early that you won't be a match at that company anytime you're interviewing. It allows you to spend resources on another company that would be a match.
Mar 20, 2012 1:13pm
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Fab1b

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Mar 20, 2012 1:44 PM
sleeper;1122086 wrote:Simple solution. Don't use Facebook.
For once I agree with you and I don't!
Mar 20, 2012 1:44pm
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sleeper

Legend

27,879 posts
Mar 20, 2012 1:49 PM
Con_Alma;1122125 wrote:I bet they wouldn't want you as an employee if you wouldn't hand it over.

It sounds like the agreement would be mutual.
/Con_Alma'd
Mar 20, 2012 1:49pm
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Laley23

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Mar 20, 2012 2:06 PM
Ive never understood what my personal life has to do with my work life?

If this becomes the norm, Ill just make a 2nd account. This will never work the way an employer wants it to.
Mar 20, 2012 2:06pm
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Nick Mangold

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Mar 20, 2012 2:13 PM
Con_Alma;1122140 wrote:I appreciate you pointing out the obvious sentiment that it would be a turn off of that company. :)

It's clear they don't want a representative of the company who has the desire to be a derelict in their own time. It's good to know early that you won't be a match at that company anytime you're interviewing. It allows you to spend resources on another company that would be a match.

What does being a derelict have to do with not giving up your password? Personal shit in my email is just that, personal. What I discuss in my emails is absolutely no business of a potential employer. Seriously, anyone that gives up their passwords should die in a fire.
Mar 20, 2012 2:13pm
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Belly35

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Mar 20, 2012 2:16 PM
I give then my OC user name and password and a dictionary mofo :D
Mar 20, 2012 2:16pm
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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Mar 20, 2012 2:16 PM
justincredible;1122089 wrote:I would never work for a company that required my facebook password. **** them.
This!
Mar 20, 2012 2:16pm
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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Mar 20, 2012 2:18 PM
I'd tell them I'd accept their "friendship request" once they employed me and then they could see everything privately they wanted to. :D
Mar 20, 2012 2:18pm
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Mar 20, 2012 2:51 PM
Automatik;1122131 wrote:Whats next? My Gmail password?:laugh:
Mar 20, 2012 2:51pm
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Thread Bomber

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Mar 20, 2012 6:27 PM
justincredible;1122089 wrote:I'm not, even though I am unemployed. I enjoy living off of society.
How bad does it have to get in order to live with society? I mean shit Justin, I think I would go for a van by the river, or an overpass, or just shoot myself....
Mar 20, 2012 6:27pm
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

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Mar 20, 2012 6:33 PM
He's actually very giving.
Mar 20, 2012 6:33pm
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dwccrew

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Mar 20, 2012 7:07 PM
This doesn't even seem like it could be legal to ask in an interview. Where does it end? As others on this thread have said, e-mail passwords? Bank account info.? Home inspections? This is a terrible idea for employers to try and access this type of information.
Mar 20, 2012 7:07pm