Dynamic Business

Thinking about ‘friending’ your boss on Facebook? Think again! A new survey to come out of the US has revealed that many employers are uncomfortable about being ‘friended’ by their staff on Facebook.

The Robert Half survey conducted by an independent research firm based on telephone interviews with 150 randomly selected employers at the top 1,000 companies in the United States, found that 48 percent of employers are uncomfortable about ‘friending’ their employees on Facebook.

Andrew Brushfield, director of Robert Half in Australia said that an increasing number of people are using social networking sites to engage in business related activities and both employers and employees need to be careful about their conduct on such sites.

“Employers should develop a code of conduct for social media use in order to avoid misunderstandings or situations that could affect working relationships,” he said.

Brushfield advises employees who use Facebook to familiarise themselves with privacy settings and create different friend lists to control how and with whom information is shared.

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