Employer asking for password.

[JerryNumbers]

Have any of you ever applied for a job & been asked for your password to any website that you might have? Has your employer asked you for your password to your personnel website?

There’s been several articles like this one lately, just wonder if anyone here had had that happen

[Salyan]

I can get employers wanting to see what's on the pages - that's a bit questionable as it might lead to discrimination, but it goes to knowing what image their employees are presenting of themselves. But asking for passwords?!? That's none of their business.

[JerryNumbers]

Right, let them look, but what is behind the password is not their business.

[John81]

I would not give a potential employer my password for anything. That's little different than them asking for the key to your home so they can drop by unannounced and look around your home to learn more about you.

[JerryNumbers]

I agree, yet, before Mr. Obama got on the ballot for president of this country, a legal birth certificate ought to have been acquired. Oh, sorry, that's off topic. Yet it would not have violate his privacy.

[John81]

I agree, yet, before Mr. Obama got on the ballot for president of this country, a legal birth certificate ought to have been acquired. Oh, sorry, that's off topic. Yet it would not have violate his privacy.

Sad to think an employer might want your computer password before he hires you to stock shelves but nobody requires proof of eligibility before someone runs for president of the US.

[1Timothy115]

Employers are running scared and I understand their concern. Potential employees who have put said company in a bad light in the past or present themselves online in a way that would cause the company to lose customers and sales are who they are after. Do you provide them a password to see this...NO! Do you sit down and have a sharing information with them sure, you should have nothing to hide. However, I would make the the company's "viewing agent" sign a non-disclosure agreement to prevent them ever using the information against me in some way.

Take for example, J.C. Penney's, hired a self-admitted lesbian and suffered sales losses as a result. If they would have asked to see her facebook page...oh, that's right it makes no difference to JCP how sleezy or disgusting their employees are.

But you get the point, there are some businesses/companies which are reputable and care about their image, not only do they care but they rely on it.

edited to change a couple words
another edit to bold and underline my position on passwords

Edited March 28, 2012 by 1Tim115

[HappyChristian]

No, I would never give my potential employer my password. Nor would I allow them access to any of my online places. It's simply none of their business.

[1Timothy115]

No, I would never give my potential employer my password. Nor would I allow them access to any of my online places. It's simply none of their business.

I can understand in your case...you're a Mod! :nuts:

[heartstrings]

If they were all fired insistent on looking at my Facebook or whatever, I think I would do it on this condition. Bring my laptop to them, give them the password, let them log in and look til they are satisfied, then change my password.

[HappyChristian]

I can understand in your case...you're a Mod!

:clapping:

[JerryNumbers]

Employers are running scared and I understand their concern. Potential employees who have put said company in a bad light in the past or present themselves online in a way that would cause the company to lose customers and sales are who they are after. Do you provide them a password to see this...NO! Do you sit down and have a sharing information with them sure, you should have nothing to hide. However, I would make the the company's "viewing agent" sign a non-disclosure agreement to prevent them ever using the information against me in some way.

Take for example, J.C. Penney's, hired a self-admitted lesbian and suffered sales losses as a result. If they would have asked to see her facebook page...oh, that's right it makes no difference to JCP how sleezy or disgusting their employees are.

But you get the point, there are some businesses/companies which are reputable and care about their image, not only do they care but they rely on it.

edited to change a couple words

No, its none of their business. Its private, & that password is only for me.

I would not work for such & outfit, if they wanted my password.

[John81]

No, its none of their business. Its private, & that password is only for me.

I would not work for such & outfit, if they wanted my password.

That's right!

If we still lived in a country where children were raised to be trustworthy and have a sense of morality (not that everyone or everything was perfect in years gone by), this sort of thing wouldn't even be thought of.

Over the years my Dad borrowed money for two houses and two vehicles based entirely upon his word. After the local bank became part of a regional bank chain my Dad went in to borrow some money and the new guy there told my Dad he needed to know how much money he made. My Dad told him that was none of his business and when the new guy asked again my Dad told him it still wasn't any of his business but he made more than the bank guy. My Dad then told the bank guy what he thought of him (my Dad is unsaved) and then went to one of the tellers and withdrew the amount he needed from his savings account.

Even when I was a child and into my teens things were done around here based upon ones word. If someone filled up their car with gas and had forgot their wallet nobody called the cops, they just told them to bring the money the next time they came to the station. If someone needed something and didn't have the money for it they would barter or tell them to pay the bill when they could. No need for paperwork, legal contracts or background checks.

[1Timothy115]

That's right!

If we still lived in a country where children were raised to be trustworthy and have a sense of morality (not that everyone or everything was perfect in years gone by), this sort of thing wouldn't even be thought of.

Over the years my Dad borrowed money for two houses and two vehicles based entirely upon his word. After the local bank became part of a regional bank chain my Dad went in to borrow some money and the new guy there told my Dad he needed to know how much money he made. My Dad told him that was none of his business and when the new guy asked again my Dad told him it still wasn't any of his business but he made more than the bank guy. My Dad then told the bank guy what he thought of him (my Dad is unsaved) and then went to one of the tellers and withdrew the amount he needed from his savings account.

Even when I was a child and into my teens things were done around here based upon ones word. If someone filled up their car with gas and had forgot their wallet nobody called the cops, they just told them to bring the money the next time they came to the station. If someone needed something and didn't have the money for it they would barter or tell them to pay the bill when they could. No need for paperwork, legal contracts or background checks.

I don't believe you should give them your password either.

[JerryNumbers]

Can a person get an unsecured loan anymore at a bank or other loan institution?

I had several many years ago, at the bank.

That said we no longer have a home town bank in our community, they're all owned by chains.