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Social Networking Behavioral Agreements At Work?

Posted by kdawson on from the in-case-they-need-another-reason-to-fire-you dept.

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?"

5 of 326 comments (clear)

  1. Shut up by NoStarchPlox · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shut up you tool.

  2. Re:Uh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like you violated your mother's anus last night.

    It now looks like this.

  3. Let's boycott them! Fortune 15 list. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The 2008 ranking of Fortune 15:
    1 Wal-Mart Stores
    2 Exxon Mobil
    3 Chevron
    4 General Motors
    5 ConocoPhillips
    6 General Electric
    7 Ford Motor
    8 Citigroup
    9 Bank of America Corp.
    10 AT&T
    11 Berkshire Hathaway
    12 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
    13 American International Group
    14 Hewlett-Packard
    15 International Business Machines
    Boycott them all

  4. Re:Let's see... by syousef · · Score: 0, Troll

    I, for one, am not a pussy. I wield the ultimate power over my employer: the right to walk away if I am dissatisfied in any way, at any time. And I see nothing in the summary that would make a reasonable person exercise that righ

    So you're saying you don't have to give notice??? Didn't know jobs like that still existed. What do you do? Clean porta-loos?

    --
    These posts express my own personal views, not those of my employer
  5. Re:Uh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Then it's safe to assume you didn't violate her with you cock.