Opinions please.

29 Comments

1. AnonymousMay 20,2023 at 2:46AM UTC

   For me, it's a no. I like to keep that part of my life private and separate.

2. AnonymousMay 20,2023 at 3:38AM UTC

   I block them. I do not want them anywhere near my social media.

3. AnonymousMay 20,2023 at 5:30AM UTC

   No, keep your personal and business lives separate

4. AnonymousMay 20,2023 at 6:27AM UTC

   Never. I don't open that door. It can't lead to anything good in my mind. I like to remain professional.

5. AnonymousMay 20,2023 at 12:37PM UTC

   Keep work and personal separate unless there is a cultural expectation in your organization to do this. I personally never do this even then.

6. AnonymousMay 20,2023 at 1:10PM UTC

   I honestly made that mistake and had to unfriend my boss on social media. Keep your boundaries…professional and personal.

7. Brenda AlvaradoMay 20,2023 at 1:40PM UTC

   Keep work and personal separate. Try not to let your worlds collide.

8. Debra SesholtzMay 20,2023 at 1:41PM UTC

   Keep work and personal separate as much as possible. Also remember that what you post on social media may be seen by work colleagues. Check your social media settings.

9. AnonymousMay 20,2023 at 2:35PM UTC

   Big NO! This can come back and bite you in ways you can’t even think of right now.

10. Alexis GladstoneMay 20,2023 at 7:58PM UTC

    LinkedIn is fine assuming you want to be connected to them. Everything else is a big NO. While it could be innocuous, better safe than sorry.

    As it becomes harder to maintain boundaries between work and personal as people try and get to know team members on a more personal level, this is rule to implement.

11. Kimberly G. SmothersMay 20,2023 at 8:22PM UTC

    I do not, as a rule, friend anyone I work with so my personal life remains my business.

12. AnonymousMay 20,2023 at 9:24PM UTC

    I know many who don’t…I personally don’t mind, but it’s because I am much more careful what I allow on my feed than back in the day when I would get tagged in all kinds of crazy photos. But you get to a certain point in life that’s a non-issue, and I also don’t (nor do I want to) post anything political on my page. So it all depends on how your socials are set up, let alone whether you truly care about that person on a friendship level or not. I’ve also worked for and known my boss for 6+ years.

13. AnonymousMay 21,2023 at 5:08PM UTC

    I see these people 40h a week so no thanks.

    It's the one's that want to be your "friend" that are spying and looking for dirt even when none is to dug.

    Went to dinner with a friend? Turns into a drunken brawl. Went on vacation? Turns out you had skipped on the project

    Catty people will do anything.

    I usually say I'm not on social media much - which is true

    LinkedIn: depends. If you are thinking of leaving and want to amplify your presence (portfolio, etc), I'd be careful

14. AnonymousMay 21,2023 at 9:55PM UTC

    No, nope, Nada, pick a language. Keep work at work and personal not at work.

15. Milissa JacobsMay 22,2023 at 12:26PM UTC

    The best advice I ever received about my job was not to crap where I ate. These two spheres of your life don't need to come in contact with each other.

16. Shannon E. WestMay 22,2023 at 12:26PM UTC

    I have done it in the past but more recently I will only connect with bosses and coworkers on LinkedIn.

17. BethMay 22,2023 at 12:29PM UTC

    We have a company policy that leadership team will not accept or request friend requests on social media. It's a BAD idea for so many reasons.

18. AnonymousMay 22,2023 at 12:34PM UTC

    It depends on which social media. I don't see anything wrong with leadership accepting requests on LinkedIn if they know the employee. But I would probably forgo the rest of the platforms because it's too easy to get inappropriate real fast. That said, the problem with LinkedIn is that it is becoming way too much like Facebook these days with people posting content that should not be on a professional networking site. I personally require everyone to know my personal email address before they can connect with me on linkedin. That cuts out a lot of riffraff.

19. Valerie RiegerMay 22,2023 at 1:39PM UTC

    It is a personal policy of mine to not friend coworkers on social media, more for their comfort and privacy than mine. When I get the request I delete it and explain to the coworker in person. I tell them of my personal policy and then add with a smile and laugh that as the HR Director, they may not want me to know that much about their personal lives.

    The only exception that I make are requests on LinkedIn as that is a professional networking site.

20. AnonymousMay 22,2023 at 3:34PM UTC

    My personal policy is to decline friend requests from anyone I've ever had a professional relationship with (bosses, co-workers, clients). To do otherwise is to open yourself up to potential headaches. For instance, at a previous job, my co-worker was fired because she ranted about our boss on Facebook, and another co-worker that she "friended" tattled to the boss.

    That said, my one exception is LinkedIn because I only use that for professional networking anyway.

21. AnonymousMay 22,2023 at 3:56PM UTC

    Coworkers and managers are not friends while you're employed. If after you retire or no longer share employment then you may connect on social media. It's too risky otherwise. Protect your professional image.

22. AnonymousMay 23,2023 at 2:51AM UTC

    A few openly admitted they like to stalk co workers on social media so I block them all

23. misskelleypMay 22,2023 at 4:52PM UTC

    I'm in HR and I am intentionally NOT on Facebook or most other Social Media.

24. AyianMay 22,2023 at 5:28PM UTC

    Bosses have no business on your social media until after you leave and only then if you consider them to be a close friend, which is very unlikely in the first place.

25. AnonymousMay 22,2023 at 6:07PM UTC

    I don’t know, I think it’s up to the person and their boss on a site like LinkedIn I am linked to my boss and work colleagues from all my jobs seems like a good place for professional to be linked however in Facebook no I have only a handful of colleagues form a job 15 years ago and then only three

    On Instagram a hand full

    of work friends usually about pets , cooking etc work shop projects

    tik Tok not one

    i have maybe two friends from all my jobs that are a more like real friends but even then only in these social media

    i try to keep my Persoanl life away from the office

26. AnonymousMay 22,2023 at 8:37PM UTC

    The only appropriate platform I'd consider is Linkedin. As for the other social media, I'd say "no" until you leave a company and if only you feel comfortable adding them.

    Even with LinkedIn, I'm pretty selective about who I connect with while employed with a company and once I leave.

    I periodically go through my LinkedIn connections and remove folks all the time because I find most people only want to connect out curiosity or to be nosey LOL Rarely do people want to connect to "stay in touch;" people almost never reach beyond their time employed together.

27. DanielleMay 23,2023 at 2:59AM UTC

    Absolutely not. That’s my private life that yes I know I choose the share with the world but there’s boundaries. This will ultimately bite you in the butt.

28. AnonymousMay 25,2023 at 12:50AM UTC

    I would say no. I trust nobody and the people I work with I keep at arms length.

    Heck I didn’t invite them to my sons graduation. They don’t know him. Their kids aren’t friends with my kid.

    We are getting invites to my husbands coworkers kids graduation and I honestly don’t understand why. Again we don’t know them outside of work, our kids don’t even know each other.

    Work and home life are like church and state to me.

29. TushlakJune 2,2023 at 6:01AM UTC

    Definitely a NO.