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Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

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Re: Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

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Post by EpicEng »

whatshisface wrote: post #11
EpicEng wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>society will be forced to shift in a more liberal direction and stop judging people Really? This hasn't been my experience at all. FB can be just as toxic as e.g. a youtube comment section, and what I see more often than not is people self selecting based on who agrees with them nearly 100% of the time.

Right, but the theory (which I'm arguing against, see above), is that if economic rewards are grafted on to the social side then people will become more open so that they can become more economically successful. Youtube comments and today's FB aren't economic - there are few incentives against bubbling yourself beyond personal gratification.

Sorry, poor wording on my part. I didn't mean to imply you were supporting that theory, I had never heard it before and was just shocked that _anyone_ believes it.

Re: Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

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Post by AndrewDucker »

I recently got some plastering/tiling done.

I asked on Facebook, people recommended a tiler who had a Facebook page, I looked at the reviews there, and the photos they had posted, and then I sent them a message over Facebook Chat, we agreed a price/time, and they came and carried it out.

This was all incredibly easy, and much less stressful than most times I've needed someone to do this kind of work.

Re: Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

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Post by evanlivingston »

deftnerd wrote: post #14

No... Just no! Facebook crawls into every portion of our lives. I killed my account because of its insidious feature creep. You don't put up photos of yourself in a swimsuit at work and would sue any workplace that demanded that you show them those pictures. You shouldn't bring your political beliefs into work, and would be uncomfortable if your boss cornered you and demanded to know how you felt about the president…

Why should I not bring my politics to work? Isn't bringing politics to work what got us the 40 hour work week and the weekend?

Re: Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

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Post by blablabla123 »

This is soo wrong. This will consolidate a 2 class work world. One that deserves to be on LinkedIn and one that is only present on Facebook.

Even worse, those in the "lower" class even have to deal with their job life creeping into their private lives.

Really stupid, everybody should have both a LinkedIn and a Facebook account.

Re: Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

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Post by Slansitartop »

evanlivingston wrote: post #53
deftnerd wrote: post #14

No... Just no! Facebook crawls into every portion of our lives. I killed my account because of its insidious feature creep. You don't put up photos of yourself in a swimsuit at work and would sue any workplace that demanded that you show them those pictures. You shouldn't bring your political beliefs into work, and would be uncomfortable if your boss cornered you and demanded to know how you felt about the president…

Why should I not bring my politics to work? Isn't bringing politics to work what got us the 40 hour work week and the weekend?

> Why should I not bring my politics to work? Isn't bringing politics to work what got us the 40 hour work week and the weekend?

There are different kinds of politics. There's the old saying "never discuss politics or religion at the dinner table," and I think the "politics" there are the kind that are more akin to religious belief: beliefs that are strongly held, where compromise is difficult or impossible, and have big emotional components. An example are the big divisive social issues, talk about figurehead politicians, or touchy current events. For these topics, there's a high likelihood that a bitter argument or fight will break out if they come up in mixed company.

I think the politics or worker-organization among peers are totally different and very appropriate for the workplace. There's going to be a level of solidarity between the people discussing them that encourages empathy, and actual social good can come from the discussion.

Re: Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

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Post by hinkley »

ryandrake wrote: post #21
deftnerd wrote: post #14

No... Just no! Facebook crawls into every portion of our lives. I killed my account because of its insidious feature creep. You don't put up photos of yourself in a swimsuit at work and would sue any workplace that demanded that you show them those pictures. You shouldn't bring your political beliefs into work, and would be uncomfortable if your boss cornered you and demanded to know how you felt about the president…

I’m pretty sure I remember an article on HN a while back talking about employers demanding applicants’ social media passwords as conditions of employment, so they can go through and look for this stuff. So, in reality the applicants’ personal lives are already in the sphere.

People ask for things they can’t ask for all the time. Being a property manager in Seattle pretty much seems to require willful ignorance of renters rights because they make money off of your ignorance.

My first job out of school I never had a non-compete because I refused to sign the first one and told them to give me another one, which they promptly forgot.

It said I couldn’t work in Internet Technology for a period of two years. My entire resume and focus. Yeah I’m not signing that. It’s just a formality it’s not a big deal. Well if it’s not a big deal you can change it right?

Re: Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

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Post by scsh »

selestify wrote: post #48
Drdrdrq wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most job seekers are unfortunately not in a position to be picky about the job offerings. I agree it is a blatant violation of privacy though.

You know you're privileged when you ask questions like that which have obvious answers for the unprivileged...

Eh, I read it as more of a rhetorical question given the phrasing.

why would anyone ever WANT to work for a company that... vs why would anyone ever work for a company that...

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