🧵/1 The social media conundrum: Should employees be required to submit their social media handles to their employers? Let's dive into the pros and cons.
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🧵/2 From an employer's perspective, knowing what employees post online can help maintain a professional image and prevent reputational damage. Also, Employees have a right to their personal online space. Being forced to share social media handles can be seen as an overreach of power.
🧵/3 What are the potential consequences of sharing social media handles with employers? Could it lead to discrimination or unfair treatment? Read more about this post by clicking the link below.
I believe employers CAN require it, but should not.
Work is work and home is home.
As long as I one doesn't use social media at work on company resources, then there is no "need" for them to know. They might want to know, but that is different.
Most would balk if their employer required a list of all of their friends and acquaintances in order to work there. Same thing.
One could always go home and misrepresent or besmirch the company to all of their friends in the offline world, but most would not feel that it was OK to require a list of them as a condition for employment.
Having said all of that I do believe a company CAN require all of those things and more if they want. I just don't think most would work there. 😀