City job requres applicants to turn over web usernames/passwords

[Sun Devil Cobra]

How ironic. I almost applied for the Deputy Fire Marshall position for the city of Bozeman. Good thing I didn't.

 

[fiveohhhstang]

How ironic. I almost applied for the Deputy Fire Marshall position for the city of Bozeman. Good thing I didn't.

Eh, I'd still do it. I just wouldn't fill in the answers to those kinds of questions, same as I don't fill in the race etc. questions.

After we move back I don't ever want to leave there, it is so beautiful.

 

[VirtualSVT]

hahahaha.

Though when I applied for my current job I made my myspace private till after I was hired...

 

[01SaleenS281]

As an employer I would absolutely ban the use of the internet during work hours. There are far too many people surfing the web posting on sites like Facebook, SVT Performance, etc... and being very unproductive.
This is no different than stealing from your employer.
Maybe this is an attempt to be able to track an employees habits.
I in no way agree with what that city is trying to do and do believe it is an invasion of privacy.

Get back to work hypocrite!!!

 

[TERMIN8TR]

I'm on ahhhhh......break, yeah that's it, I'm on break

 

[fiveohhhstang]

hahahaha.

Though when I applied for my current job I made my myspace private till after I was hired...

My myspace and facebook are private all the time for this reason.

 

[50 Proof]

As an employer I would absolutely ban the use of the internet during work hours. There are far too many people surfing the web posting on sites like Facebook, SVT Performance, etc... and being very unproductive.
This is no different than stealing from your employer.
Maybe this is an attempt to be able to track an employees habits.

Have you ever worked a salaried position?

If an employee is earning a Salary as opposed to an hourly wage, they are being paid to get the job done, regardless of how many hours it takes them to do it.

If an employees internet habits slow the network down and hinder the ability for a fellow employee to do their job, then that employees internet privileges need to be revoked.

Regardless of how unproductive a salaried employee may appear to be, if the job gets done without limiting the ability for other employees to get their job done too, then you're not stealing from the company.

 

[VirtualSVT]

My myspace and facebook are private all the time for this reason.

ah most companies only do a search on hiring.

Hell all they'll see is me drunk and traveling around and cars.

Nothing that anybody else doesn't do at work..haha

 

[TERMIN8TR]

Have you ever worked a salaried position?

Marketing manager for a fortune 500 company, so yes I have.

If an employee is earning a Salary as opposed to an hourly wage, they are being paid to get the job done, regardless of how many hours it takes them to do it.

You are getting paid to get the job done in a "timely" fashion, and then on to the next assignment/project. "Time is money"

If an employees internet habits slow the network down and hinder the ability for a fellow employee to do their job, then that employees internet privileges need to be revoked.

It's not "if" it DEFINATELY slows the work process down, who gives a shit about the network. There is absolutely no need for an employee to be performing any sort of personal tasks on company time. That's what breaks are for right? If the internet wasn't being abused the network overload as you put it would be a non issue.
Again, "Time is money".

Regardless of how unproductive a salaried employee may appear to be, if the job gets done without limiting the ability for other employees to get their job done too, then you're not stealing from the company.

Wrong. Unproductivness = wasted money = stealing. You are being paid a wage to perform your job that you are being compensated for..PERIOD. Your coworkers are also being paid to perform their jobs.

Are you a smoker? How about the smoker vs. non smoker? the guy or girl that goes outside to smoke every 1 hour or so. While the non smoker continues working? What's the difference? Like I said, it is a waste of company money and should not be tolerated.

 

[Ry_Trapp0]

if an employee is on the internet then why not just give them more work? simple soloution huh? helps the company out, gets the employee to quit wasting time.

 

[carrrnuttt]

As an employer I would absolutely ban the use of the internet during work hours. There are far too many people surfing the web posting on sites like Facebook, SVT Performance, etc... and being very unproductive.
This is no different than stealing from your employer.
Maybe this is an attempt to be able to track an employees habits.
I in no way agree with what that city is trying to do and do believe it is an invasion of privacy.

Study: surfing the Internet at work boosts productivity - Ars Technica

 

[terrible one]

Many Fire Dept and Police Dept require you to give usernames and passwords to any and all social sites as well. Its getting more and more popular

 

[thomas91169]

id give them fake ones. or just say i dont use the internet.

 

[Phallen]

You better believe that they do check your Myspace/Facebook pages, at almost any job now.

So if you're interviewing, clean it up until after you had the job for 3 months or so.

 

[thomas91169]

i dont understand the whole password thing though. how can that be legal?

 

[SNCBOOM]

As an employer I would absolutely ban the use of the internet during work hours. There are far too many people surfing the web posting on sites like Facebook, SVT Performance, etc... and being very unproductive.
This is no different than stealing from your employer.
Maybe this is an attempt to be able to track an employees habits.
I in no way agree with what that city is trying to do and do believe it is an invasion of privacy.

That's funny coming from the union man.

 

[50 Proof]

Are you a smoker? How about the smoker vs. non smoker? the guy or girl that goes outside to smoke every 1 hour or so. While the non smoker continues working? What's the difference? Like I said, it is a waste of company money and should not be tolerated.

Unless a company specifically states in their internet usage policy that browsing the internet for non work related purposes is prohibited, then it's fully allowed. The company I work for has an internet usage policy that specifically permits internet usage as long as specific types of websites are not accessed. Before you go ranting opinions that do not apply to everyone here, you might want to attempt to understand that every company's internet usage policy is going to be different than the one for the company you work for. :read:

 

[Sun Devil Cobra]

Many Fire Dept and Police Dept require you to give usernames and passwords to any and all social sites as well. Its getting more and more popular

The IAFF wouldn't allow it; name three municipalities that are doing that.


Also FD applications are different than general employment applications.

 

[TERMIN8TR]

Before you go ranting opinions that do not apply to everyone here, you might want to attempt to understand that every company's internet usage policy is going to be different than the one for the company you work for. :read:

Contrary to any policy that a company might have regarding internet usage, any time spent on personal use is counter productive and costing the company money. It's very simple math actually.

 

[Cobra Jet 429]

My private life is NONE of my employer's business.
All they need to care about is me being on time, getting my job done, and being productive.
What I do after work, or on days I don't work isn't thier concern.

Perfect example Michael Phelps....

and keep your myspace and facebook private...
and if your boss/manager friend requests you, don't accept.
If they ask why, tell them it isn't his or her business.