Should you ignore your co-worker’s friend request on Facebook – Photo credit: levo.com

It happened…Your co-worker sent you a friend invite on Facebook, and you wish you hadn’t seen it…Now you’re thinking about all the not-so-kosher posts on your Facebook timeline, the “interesting” girls night out photos, and how much of your life you really want people at work to know…Plus, as much as your co-workers may be on the nice side, these days you never really know how cray-cray someone is until you land on their social media page…And then, it kinda is a bit late to backtrack…

And these situations are even all the more challenging when your potential new Facebook friend is your boss! I mean, refusing your boss’s Facebook friend request could potentially be more awkward than revealing how much you really spend on shoes (let’s not even go there!). So, to ignore or not to ignore?

My $0.05: I generally have it as a rule not to friend co-workers or bosses. While connecting on Linked In is recommended, other social media platforms can be reserved to our private lives. As to ignoring a co-worker, or even worse, your boss’s friend’s request on Facebook, I would not, just for the simple reason you’re bound to run into them at work. Just send them a nice email, or nicely explain to them you’d prefer to connect on LinkedIn. And if you succumb to the pressure and do accept their requests, you may always use your privacy settings, at your own risk.

Have you friended your co-workers on Facebook, or ignored their requests?

The Corporate Sis.