Employees are bypassing HR, sharing on LinkedIn

Re:Employees are bypassing HR, sharing on LinkedIn by blackeyeblitzar on Sunday January 12, 2025 @01:57PM (#42675843)

I agree it’s a risk to career connections but disagree that it is “stupid”. We need protections for speech such that people don’t have to fear repercussions.

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Re:Employees are bypassing HR, sharing on LinkedIn by bruce511 on Sunday January 12, 2025 @02:25PM (#42676101)

You can "protect" all you like, but speaking publicly about your employer has repercussions and you can't wish that away.

Let's say I'm an employer filling a position. I narrow found the candidates to a handful, any one would be fine.

So I start contacting ex-bosses, references, doing Google searches etc. Hmm, one of them has disparaged their employer online. I don't know who was right, and frankly I don't care. I'm never going to think "ah, there's someone we really want - someone who goes online when they don't get what they want."

You can't "protect speech" this away.

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