Face(book) Off

As if you didn't already have to worry enough about management getting in your business. Now a fresh survey has revealed what most Corporate Warriors have long suspected during the recent blossoming of social networks, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

Six out of ten executives believe they have a right to know how their employees portray themselves on social networks. Not to mention whether they are trashing the company. In contrast, nearly two-thirds of workers under 35 want their bosses to back off. Employers have no business butting into their personal online lives, they say.

The study, conducted by the accounting giant Deloitte LLP, reveals the growing divide between management's outdated desire  to control your every thought and expression, and the increasing freedom and independence of younger, tech-enabled workers.

But why is how you portray yourself on a social network any different from how you portray yourself at other social outings - tossing back beers at your neighborhood bar, that blow out weekend in Vegas, or your behavior at dreaded family get-togethers?

Simple. The boss doesn't get invited to your Thanksgiving chow down or Vegas, but he can pay a third world tech slave to troll your Facebook and monitor your tweets.

Why? For the simple reason that the study found that three quarters of employees have figured out something else about social networks: They're fast and easy to trash your company's rep.

Even if Corporate Big Brother does crack down on such social network trash talk, it may not make much difference. 49 percent of those surveyed said that more stringent guidelines wouldn't change their behavior.

- Jonathan Littman

To trash or not to trash, that is the question. What's YOUR answer?

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