I guess my general attitude feelings on humanity are summed up by the George Mallory quote when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everst? Yes. Also a huge factor with companies that work with or for government agencies in other ways; I work for a company that competes for projects large and small with private companies and government agencies at all levels, and we have extremely strict rules against receiving (or giving) anything of value not only to current or potential clients, but also current or potential subcontractors, or current or potential suppliers and/or vendors. And that is the kind of curiosity that makes for a nightmare coworker. Those who have flagged for us no gifts are usually working on gov contract work. If youre searching for info on their personal life, thats an overstep (and probably in no way relevant to your work with them). I am an early adopter, and have pretty much been on every social media platform. Yes, theres stuff that other people put up. Technically the items in there still belong to the store and are not your private property yet, yeah, but itd be really weird. In a case like the above, the situation is such that he was out of line regardless and bringing into question the veracity of the blog post only serves to undermine the very legitimate reasons for firing that have been outlined. It was weird to me when a coworker asks me about my race times when she could just look them up (we both are serious runners of similar ability). This! But were privately owned without any contracts involved and no conflicts of interest. I stupidly hadnt googled myself for a year or two and recently did when AAM had a letter about snooping. So they worked (and billed for services) for *months* under a revoked license, until an entry-level staff member snooped and uncovered the truth. manager to the hiring manager during reference checking. The mortgage business for one cant accept anything valued over $50. Like, in the interview for my current job the whole panel brought up several times that the company was the brainchild of the CEO, he was super involved in the day-to-day of the business, he had won a million awards for his work, I would probably interact with him a lot more than would be usual in another company, etc etc etc. But honest questionif youre working with someone on a regular basis (like the technical person you describe) why wouldnt you just ask them about their background to get a better sense of who youre dealing with? I Googled myself yesterday and here are a few things Ive found that I never posted: 5K race times from the past few years, opinion articles I wrote for my college newspaper (this was the early 2000s and the paper didnt have a strong online presence), a pic that someone uploaded to my colleges digital depository that Im not in, but someone thought I was in, a few of my cross country times from high school, results of softball games from the mid-90s, etc. Those are typically compiled only from publicly available records the ones that go beyond public records typically requite you to have obtained consent and a social security number from the person youre looking up. Why would I want to get to know someone if their social media has a bunch of homophobic stuff, for example? I referred to this in a comment below, but when you sign up for social media and accept the terms and conditions, it asks you point-blank if the platform has permission to publish and distribute your information, and you are saying point-blank that YES, its okay for that information to be published and distributed. Absolutely! I used to work in the head office of a large company, the head office had about 100 staff and we had several smaller regional offices dotted across the country but only about 10 staff based across those. Not everything you read will be accurate. Well Id be fine with someone doing this to me, so its okay for me to do it! Those reviews are up there with the memos from Mike at Tiger Oil. Then I would expect someone to send me the company logo umbrella gift and maybe a box of chocolates. Thats purposeful. But even with that stuff I knew not to bring anything up I found from my search when I talked to them. Similar we have deemed certain family law issues to have no legitimate public interest that is why family issues with minors are sealed, juvenile court records are usually sealed, and I think that most details of divorce proceedings are not public (someone correct me if I am wrong). As an example, weve got companies harvesting arrest data and putting it online to extort the people shown. To pull an example from the air that is certainly not my experience, sigh. If you google Jellybean Uniqueforeignname, youll see someone with an identical name who was part of a public police investigation. Id be perfectly happy myself with a gift card to a nearby (by rural standards) pizza place and go pick it up myself. To be clear I do not condone with hacking or the releasing of private photos/information/records I am just saying you cant be surprised that it happens. Judging by the comments here, Im right that many people will in fact find it creepy if you go too far digging into public information. So, I googled a coworker with a more senior title than me. Google didnt exist yet, and the search engines of the time werent very good. And When you install this update, it will send alerts to everyone in your contacts about what song youre listening to and webpage youre looking at RIGHT NOW! Omigod turn that off. But you people said you wanted to use the web to connect.. But most people, its not. I rarely take swag. I have been alone after hours with someone who started using softer phrases from the alt-right message boards that have now produced multiple mass shooters. Unlike these Latin word parts, worker is just the noun formed from the Old English-derived verb work, so coworker combines a Latin prefix . Didnt pass the background check. I am astounded by the supervisors naivete! Its interesting that food and drink are acceptable but not pens. Its naive to think no one will find it. If you wouldnt tell them that you looked it up, then you probably shouldnt be looking it up. Actually what they can do is (1) collect all the swag they can, (2) fill out all the disclosure paperwork needed per item, (3) make an appointment with an upper-level HR person, and (4) bring all the swag and all the disclosure forms to help make the point. But Im not an HR pro I think the company should give people doing hiring clear guidelines on this. Copyright 2007 - 2023 Ask A Manager. Or someone who shares a name with someone who made it into the news. Something that may bother you, I may think is no big deal. And yes, we both worked in software for the same aerospace company (different states). There are levels of publicly broadcast, though. Our workplace has remote sites, about 50 people in one location, and 30 spread out in small teams in different cities. And I know Ive been Googled by coworkers, because Im (mildly) internet famous through a hobby; everywhere Ive worked, people knew about this when I arrived, and it wasnt me that told them. Most places have an explicit dollar amount. Youre wrong. Honestly, I cant really imagine searching them, unless they told me they had a DeviantArt page or something. @Autumnheart but youre assuming that all the info someone finds by googling someone else is something that person explicitly posted online. Probability goes up if youre in some minority categories particularly WoC and QPOC. To me thats the difference. Shadow profiles are effectively internal-only descriptions of data collection which facebook uses to further their algorithmic research and development. That info was never in the phone book, but its easily available now, and it definitely affects how people think about and respond to others. Wow! For #1, I think the key questions are Is it business-related? and Is it clearly intended as public knowledge?. On the other hand, outside of legitimate background checks, deep digging is pretty much waaaay over the line. Theyre having a conversation in public where anybody can see and hear what theyre talking about. Nosy people are the worst. It sounded to me that some of the people are elsewhere on campus. She worked at a nonprofit and her boss felt she should donate it to the cause. (Yall have no way of knowing this, but Ill talk to anyone, anywhere). I cant imagine that someone wouldnt like *any* of them. I dont care what they get up to personally, but professionally its useful what was their trajectory, what kinds of projects did they work on, etc. There are two dozen people on my team, but only four of us in this office; the rest, along with the manager, are in another state. Oh, definitely some folks have set land speed records coming over from the other buildings when pizzas are announced! (Although if youre doing one for some reason, you definitely need to keep that to yourself the other thing that made that situation bizarre and inappropriate was that he felt free to ask her about what he found.). Everything from changes in privacy settings, data leaks, people posting things about one, etc. In the internet age, real privacy where no one can find out personally things about you even if they really, really try is an illusion unless youre willing to sacrifice participation in a lot of society, and even then maybe not. Like, its weird to me when people asked me if I was still with my SO and if we were married when they could just check fb. There actually was a letter here from a writer who went to Vegas on a work trip and won $ in the casino (on her own time, with her own $). I think the right thing to do is pretty obvious in most situations, including how much info-gathering on others is appropriate, its just that so many people dont care that theyre crossing a line, or feel fully justified in their own minds for doing so. Verified answer. And extremely dense and unreadable is no kind of justification. Colleagues should never snoop or look up information cvs And on the recipient side, the gift policies (in terms of what you can receive) that City and State employees and employees of city and state contracted agencies are permitted to receive. Voters saw Fergus G McIntyre and thought Fergus McIntyre, I know that namepeople speak highly of him.. I would just ask first. The OP commented in another thread and said shes only looking up professional background stuff on LinkedIn so I wouldnt consider that snooping, but again, those are questions most people would have no problem with asking the person face to face. Vendors frequently come into my work to do lunch and learns and various other informational/sales type presentations. I google everyone. It was pushed by one of the partners, who wanted some things done, had a general idea what he wanted, but didnt know exactly what was needed. But I was also clear with my kids (especially my daughters, because their risks are higher) about the dangers of various perfectly legitimate activities. Like if I found out they had a restraining order against them or multiple arrests or something. It was a fun treat and the remote people felt included. Yeah, the combination of research tendencies and openly posted CVs makes for very different expectations. As I said in the comment just above yours, I was simply responding to the notion that because something is publicly available its not creepy to dig for it. VACUUM. Gift cards are always great though then you get what you want. Be mindful of your colleagues Helping promote mental health within your company takes intentionality. Using personal information to do questionable things can be a violation. I think its really industry-dependent. And at that time it would be hard to let unconscious bias against, say, someone with an unseen disability or pregnancy status, derail the hiring at that point. But just someone I worked with that someone else hired? Whatever. Pens and notepads usually fall under that amount. The extreme majority of this content is placed online to be searched for and looked at. LW4: Whether or not you can keep the freebies may depend somewhat on your job function. The information contained herein is the property of CVS Health and subject to non-disclosure, security and . a colleague shares the name of the medication, a colleague decides to send an invitation. No see thats creepy. I dont get 1 either, but I think it might be for different reasons. I would absolutely believe this, while the people doing it (including in a university test environment) insisted that the name on the pencil and coffee mug had no influence on them whatsoever. Its a little like if a coworker saw a garment I was wearing slip and reveal more skin than normal before I corrected it- its not their fault they saw a little more than I would have chosen to show, but it harms that valuable illusion of privacy and turns pretty creepy if they keep bringing it up. Or youre getting the bio of Engineer Girls cousin, but figure that its the secret down low on Engineer Girl because what are the odds two people could be named Engineer Girl. Finance (including fin-tech) falls under government regulations, so employees cant accept or make gifts above a certain limit & of certain types. Its hard to find a default (except maybe amazon), so I think Starbucks isnt a bad call. These are small items that almost certainly fall beneath any you cant accept/must report gifts of over $X rules your company has (although you can check that to be sure). I literally would never think of just googling a co-worker. Completely agree with this. It sounds like youre assuming that everything on the internet is published with consent and its not. I feel like the OP is asking just how close to the edge can I go before going over? Thats never ever a good question. Sometimes, your colleagues may present an idea to your team or make a decision about their career, and supporting them during these times can help you build a stronger relationship. They left the company and emailed our team their private Facebook name for post-work connections Its almost certainly not work relevant that someone has bizzare and bizzarely strong (and in your opinion, highly mistaken) opinions on fan-fic / furries / vaccines / moon landing conspiracy theories / romance novels / anything else.
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