Your digital footprint should have zero impact on if a job hires you, amirite?

There are definitely some people I would not work with based on their online activities

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Completely agree as someone who frequently works with children.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yes there needs to be a balance between ' teachers shouldn't be drinking beer on the Facebook ' and anything goes but I haven't found that yet

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Oof, definitely yes.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

As an employer, your online presence is a litmus test.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Or hire to literally be the public face of your business lol.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

My uncle had to fire a woman because she went on a rant on Facebook about minorities while working in a hospital that mainly serviced minority populations in a Florida. I don't think he lost too much sleep about it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I guess it would depend on the context. If I'm an employer and someone is blasting racist stuff all over social media, I'm not hiring that person

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What did you do that a company didn't hire you for?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Right. Someone is being pretty specific.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

"Non offensive conservative views" Such as...

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I hate that people always assume that, When an *actually* unpopular opinion comes along, its because OP did something wrong. Like, Maybe they just heard about this?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Because nearly all "true" unpopular opinions are born from a sort of ignorance or just a lacking grasp of certain concepts

by Anonymous 1 year ago

so far i only heard of "digital foot print" in the context of woman having nude pictures online and never for people spreading bigotry or conspiracy theories.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Nothing, I've just heard a ton of stories

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Truly unpopular and garbage opinion. If you were an employer yourself, in almost any industry, you'd never practice this.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Maybe for some faceless no name employee on the plant floor with no prospect of promotion you might not care.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

And those jobs ain't checking.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Eh. When a company is considering hiring you, they're considering making you a representative of their company. Even if you don't want to, you represent your employer. If they think that how you behave online will affect how their business looks, then managers and hiring professionals are doing their due diligence by checking what you're putting on social media.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not just that, but it reflects how they might act on the job too

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If what you do in your spare time makes you look like an asshole, why do you think that would be overlooked? I make it a habit not to hire assholes. So, don't be an asshole online. Also, if you're a thief outside of work that is super relevant and speaks to your integrity if I'm hiring you do a job…. Sorry OP. Your opinion isn't unpopular, it's just dumb.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What you do and say on the internet says a lot about who you are, it's not like you turn into a different person when you go on or of the internet

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Well I work in banking and I wouldn't anyone in my department who's known to commit money related crimes and fraud.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Employers get to decide the image they portray to the public.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Our lives should not revolve around our company's image. Work to live, don't live to work.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Should the employer have the right to protect their image?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It shouldn't, but it does.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Suffice to say Op, there are numerous reasons why your digital footprint should very much be taken into account for a job you're applying for.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Why, what did you do?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This reads "fReE sPeEcH!!111" Honestly depends. Keep your socials in private lol.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Actually you do represent the company you are working for.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

should is a word never used in job recruiting, except for credentials

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It kinda depends. I own a small business. One time, I had a job-seeker email me asking for a job interview, while attaching his Instagram profile in lieu of a resumé. On his Instagram was a bunch of shirtless bathroom mirror selfies. (No, we are not THAT kind of business.) I think in that case, his digital footprint eliminated him from the job. Because if his judgment is that bad during the job search, then I am concerned about his judgment during the job itself.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Ahahahahah Im sorry but this made me laugh. Why would he attach his Instagram 😭😭😭 and why would he do it if it's just shirtless pics of him 💀 This is different bc he sent his social media account to you. At least now you have a funny story.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

As a previous manager, looking up candidates on social media was definitely part of the process.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

To an extent I agree. Depending on your profession though, your personal life can directly reflect the company. So if you're flexing guns in a strip club when you are a high profile public figure, it directly impacts your company's image. Similarly, if you are going to apply as a teacher but you have an OF, a district or school might not want that potential poop storm to follow by hiring you. Why not just hire someone else who won't bring that drama?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I agreed with you up until people started harassing businesses if an employees says or does something bad online. With that said, my policy has always been the only online behavior I care about is if it's related to the company before or during your employment.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Depends on what it is. If you're just spamming pictures of your pets then yeah that shouldn't have an impact but if you're spouting racist views and harmful rhetoric then yeah that needs to be an impact. No one wants to work with a racist or someone who has very harmful and hateful views

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's just proper due diligence. You don't want someone on the team that would create a toxic workplace. Would you hire a babysitter without looking up what they're like first? Would you trust someone with your kids knowing only a criminal background check was done, if that?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Depends on the job

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's a cute fantasy.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

"See you monday." "But i am in jail!"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It should if the hiring company is the CIA. Kinda hard to turn someone with 5 million followers into a spy, since it would be impossible for that person to go undercover.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I have a nagging feeling OP has been rejected from multiple jobs for saying "Hitler did nothing wrong" on his main twitter. Just a feeling

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Lol no, but this is an unpopular opinion.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah this is definitely unpopular haha you need to think about this for more than 2 seconds

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Damn right. They expect you to keep your personal life at home so they shouldn't ask about it at all.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

We don't ask, we just look. And a lot of times that can show you who doesn't keep their personal life at home.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Sounds like you did something outside of work and were passed up for a position or promotion. What you do outside of work reflects on the company. This is the social media Era, it will always matter from here on out.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I'm about to enter grad school I've never run into this problem. I've just heard a million people's stories

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Super easy to do, don't have social media, 0% impact.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Dumb asf opinion

by Anonymous 1 year ago

" if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to worry about"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I can see the employer's side. Imagine you google candidate and find out they believe Trump's big lie or are a flat earther or something... Now given the potential liability of hiring an idiot. Why would you?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This is truly an unpopular opinion and it is truly terrible. Social media can offer an important insight into a person's character and behavior, two things that will have a HUGE impact on just about any workplace. You'd have to be naive to set that aside.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

it should, because if you're a pedophile, or you're racist, or xenophobic you shouldn't have a job

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Agreed...90%, if your being homophobic, racist etc..maybe not the best people to work for your company tbh

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I mean, this isn't so much an unpopular opinion as it is a nonsense one, ignoring very basic parts of human nature and missing the point of the employer-employee contract. They hire you to make the company money, your personal life absolutely could have bearing on your ability to do that.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Your lack of comprehending this is fascinating since you likely just experienced this

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Nope, I'm about to start grad school ✌️ so I haven't applied anywhere recently

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Uhm, exactly?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Wow, an opinion that is factually wrong. Good on you OP.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I agree to an extent. I wouldn't want to work with a communist.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not if you're racist or bigoted

by Anonymous 1 year ago

LMAO Employment is not a right.

by Anonymous 1 year ago