In this era of social media we tend to stay connected with our friends, families and colleagues who are part of our personal lives. When it comes to professional lives we tend to stay away from our superior connection on the social media. Lets Agree to this fact that almost 60% of the employees worldwide tend to keep their social profiles hidden from their managers. There are some good reasons and bad reasons for it. It is often discovered when someone tried to mix their personal and professional lives together has been either regretful for it or do not want to talk about it. But the reality is you should always stay away from your managers profile on Facebook due to below reasons:
1.Fear of authority
Believe it or not they have the authority to take action against you. Every Senior managers would like to be surrounded by like minded people not only in terms of work but also character wise. Any activity that falls out of his good book will put you in a deadly situation.
2.Your Secrets are no more hidden
All your post comments are being accessible to him. You never know when someone posts a hidden secret of yours on the post comments and your manager got access to it. The next day you would be standing in his cabin giving justifications.
3.Your habits are exposed
Whether you partied last night, or slept with an unknown all your habits are exposed. This determines the character of a person and no manager would like to keep such womanizer or drug addict in his team.
4.Your lies are caught red handed
Imagine you took a leave with false reasons and started check-in at different locations where you are not supposed to be. This activities would be tracked and you are liable to being questioned the next day you are back in office.
5.Your activities are being tracked
With your updates poping up on your manager profile its very easy to track you with the venue and location. Its is not necessary you would be questioned immediately for this but your appraisals are nearing. If you disagree to boot licking then get ready to be answered.
6.You will be traced for using Facebook on official hours
A employees honesty is determined by his dedication towards work during office hours. Your updates would push notifications to your managers mobile and you would be under the scanner.
7. You cannot gossip about your office culture
Gossips are integral part of everyone life. Be it men or women. When gossip is the topic women’s win this race and your managers gets a reason to blame you for defaming his team or organization on the social media.
8.They would learn about your tastes
We see so many posts a day and thanks to Facebook emotions feature its easy to react. May be what you like is dislike for your manager and he keeps on judging you based on these reactions given by you on the posts.
The reality is all managers try to be friendly with you but they are actually doing it for a purpose to understand you better. They are in the constant quest of taking advantage of your abilities. Once they feel you are no longer capable you would be shown the door in no time. So even if you would like to be in touch with your manager then send them a request after you have left the organization.
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