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Social Networking Behavioral Agreements At Work?
r0nc0 writes "My company (a Fortune 15 company) has recently required everyone that accesses the company portal to accept or decline an 'agreement' that governs the use of social networking. It basically states that any discussion of the company or any of the work that you do, whether at the office or at home, must be governed by their rules of social networking. Naturally these rules are that you never say anything bad or negative about the company, nor do you say anything bad or negative about anything. It's presented like a EULA, but if you decline more than 3 times your manager is notified. Naturally I declined it each time until my manager complained to me about all the email he was getting about me not accepting the agreement, so I went ahead and accepted, knowing that anybody who cares would just post anonymously anyway. This is the first time I've run into a forced agreement about social networking, and the agreement is so broad that it can't possibly be enforced. I've tried pointing out that agreements like that only drive people away and aren't necessary anyway, but I might as well talk to a brick wall. Has anyone else out there run into social networking behavioral agreements like this?"
I think you just violated it. Oopsie!
You're taking their money, right? In that case, bend over and take it like a r0nc0.
What Would the Fab Five Do?
. But that's what you get when you grow up as a latchkey kid in an affluent Boston or San Francisco suburb with a basement full of supercomputers to tinker with while the other kids get social skills and lives.
Hey, you say that like it's a bad thing. Now I'm rich, and I don't need a social skills OR a life. Do I want sex? Sure, that's why I pay for hookers! In fact, I'm getting a BJ right now while I post this! Admit it, you wish you were me!
Btw, grow a pair and name the company so i can avoid applying there.
You don't have to worry. Best Buy security doormen are not subject to this new policy.
Prior to handing it in to your manager/HR person, ask them to clarify the bit about bribing foreign officials. Tell them you want to make sure that it's only for company purposes and you can still bribe foreign officials for non-company-related business. Hilarity ensues...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
African or European?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Well now, if you're wearing the company's logo on your head, you're not naked now are you ?
The problem with these overreaching contracts is we let them get away with it, because people are goddamned chickenshits when it comes to money. When faced with the choice between getting a shit job with a shit contract, or turning it down and looking for a more respectful employer, people always go with #1. Well sure enough, as time goes by, option #1 shoves its hand farther up your ass and before you know it, clause #36 of your employment contract has you giving daily handjobs to the entire executive board.
At some point, we gotta grow some balls and tell these bastards "NO! I am not your bitch! Fuck your contract and fuck you!", or start investing in the personal lubricant industry.
If you still want that shit job, if you somehow enjoy being treated like a child and chastised for every little shred of humanity you have left in you, by all means move to Britain, they love your kind! The rest of us would much rather have our private lives unhindered by the fine print of wage slavery.
-Billco, Fnarg.com