Should employers be allowed to use MySpace, YouTube and Facebook accounts as a basis for hiring or firing employees? Add to Favorites

by Linda Ann Nickerson

DO YOU HAVE A MYSPACE, FACEBOOK, YUWIE, or YOUTUBE ACCOUNT? Myspace, Facebook, Yuwie, YouTube, and similar sites are open to public viewing. Anyone who wishes to set up an ac...read more

by Shannon Hilson

It probably goes without saying that we're all on our best behavior when we know certain people are watching. Most intelligent people I know wouldn't get roaring drunk and make ...read more

by Viv Evans

I believe that employers should be able to use MySpace, YouTube, Facebook and any other on-line sites as a basis for hiring employees, and, with some limitations, for firing the...read more

by Suzanne Myers

Yes, employers should be allowed to use Myspace, You Tube and Facebook accounts as a basis for hiring and firing employees. I myself don't have any of these accounts. My reaso...read more

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by Joy Reasoner

Picture this: You work for a prestigious firm, whether this is real estate, law, interior design or other, doesn't matter. You work for a firm that is based off reputation. It i...read more

by Kate Johns

YES! If you post naked pictures of yourself all over the Internet, that's just like walking outside in New York City completely naked where hundreds, perhaps, thousands of peo...read more

by Ang Shao Ting

Yes for me. As job is part of a our life, disregarding of employer or employee, personal life and work are totally related. Is a positive trends where employer wiling and seek t...read more

by Shona K

It goes a little something like this... You go out for the evening with a few friends, the party's going really well, you have a few drinks - and before you know it, you're on t...read more

by Carolyn Tytler

If I write a "Letter to the Editor" of the local newspaper, can I ask my spouse not to read it, because I know he won't agree with my opinion? Of course not. In fact, because I ...read more

by Diana Romero

SHOULD EMPLOYERS BE ALLOWED TO USE MYSPACE, YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS AS A BASIS FOR HIRING OR FIRING EMPLOYEES? Yes, I believe it is the employer's prerogative to use th...read more

by Jade Rose

Once you put your life onto a -public- website, it becomes public. Simple as that. Nobody said you had to tag yourself on that picture of you and your friends getting high, or p...read more

by Ahava Yardenah

Originally, I was going to vote 'No', because I kind of disagree with the idea. Then I thought about it, and realized everyone voting 'No' is missing a few key points. I have sp...read more

by Richard Moore

Of course employers should be able to use such criteria for firing anyone under their employment. Hiring would be a different matter, in my opinion, than firing a person based o...read more

by Christine Costlow

People post items on MySpace, YouTube, and Facebook because they want the viewing public to see them. It should come as no surprise or affront if they are viewed by people you w...read more

by Anne Hogan

Personal means you kept to yourself and shared nothing with others. As soon as someone puts information, pictures or anything else for that matter, on the Internet, then they a...read more

by Christopher Ratti

Why not? I mean, really, if you've got something you don't want on there... well, it is your page, you control it. That means if there's a high likelihood that anybody whose opi...read more

by Jeff George

I am in the yes category that employers should be able to use those mediums for hiring and firing. In my long intrepid life of management, that would be middle also, I have fou...read more

by Shawna Blake

Not that there is anything wrong with posting things on MySpace, or in some cases YouTube and Facebook, but weighing the pro's and cons should be a priority on your list to do i...read more

by Rixta Francis

It's not a matter of whether they are allowed or not, for the Internet is there and it's available to everyone in the world with an Internet connection. So if an employer wants ...read more

by Matthew Christopher

Okay, so you've just broadcast something to the entire world via a social networking Web site. Of course employers can use it against you! Employers still, however, have cer...read more