Re:The myth of inevitable technological progress
by anovikov on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:00PM
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Why would employer require anyone to make a facebook account? Also if you make one but never post anything on it, how does it help the employer with whatever their goals may be?
Re:The myth of inevitable technological progress
by Impossible on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:32PM
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Facebook is an employer that has a legitimate reason to require that you have a Facebook account.
Re:The myth of inevitable technological progress
by jogjayr on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:14AM
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It never came up when I interviewed there :-) and I doubt it's why I didn't get the offer.
Re:The myth of inevitable technological progress
by blotter_paper on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:39PM
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They were advertising products via facebook posts. They did check in on the account periodically to see if posts were being made.
Re:The myth of inevitable technological progress
by anovikov on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:42AM
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Ah then it's normal, like an employee is supposed to participate in company's marketing efforts in that way. I see no problem with it, as long this is a part of the job and written in contract, i.e. something he's getting paid for.
It's not like they wanted me to make a Facebook account to keep tabs on my private life.
Re:The myth of inevitable technological progress
by blotter_paper on Friday October 11, 2019 @11:35AM
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Cleaning toilets is also "normal," and you're free to see no problem with it. But if somebody acts like nobody has to clean toilets as a condition of emplyoment and calls anyone who says otherwise "disingenuous," I'm gonna call them out on being wrong.
Re:The myth of inevitable technological progress
by beerandt on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @04:27PM
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Americans who "work for the federal government" were required to delete their social media profiles as a condition of employment. Not sure if this is still the case.
Edit: For those that don't know, thats code for an intelligence agency or similar.
Re:The myth of inevitable technological progress
by RandomBacon on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @10:29PM
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Re you edit: No, it's not.
I've had an employer require me to make a facebook account. They let me use a fake name, but it seems like that decision was made during hiring by my immediate manager. Upper management only allowed it to continue because it was agreed upon during hiring. If I were required to use my real name, it would be impossible to stop actual acquaintances from seeing my profile. You're not obligated to work for a specific company, of course, but saying "nobody is obligated to clean toilets regardless of social class" would seem ignorant of the reality of working class life.