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I posted a joke about my old boss on Facebook back in 2012 and just got a call from HR about it last week.
They said a new hire found it while doing a 'background check' and felt it showed 'poor judgment,' which really makes me wonder how far back this digging is supposed to go... has anyone else had an old, dumb post come back like this?
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andrew_palmer992d ago
Remember how we used to be told the internet forgets nothing. Now it feels like the internet is being used to make sure nobody else forgets either. This shift from looking at your resume to judging your entire digital past changes what a "background" even means. We're not being hired for who we are now, but for who we were when we were dumb kids figuring things out online. It creates a weird pressure to have been born perfectly professional.
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elliotadams11d ago
Old, dumb post come back" is the new normal. I saw an article where companies use software to scan everything you've ever put online. It's scary how far back they're willing to look.
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faithwalker11d ago
That's the part that gets me, @elliotadams. It's not just about old posts. It's about old jokes, inside references, anything that can be taken wrong without the full story. Like a sarcastic comment about a bad day at work from 2012 getting flagged as "negative attitude." The software doesn't get context, just keywords, and your whole past gets turned into a risk score.
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