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Originally posted by Dionysus
This subject really really pisses me off. Why should an employer give a damn about what an employee does outside of work? It's really none of their business, unless what they're doing is effecting their work performance. People with full-time jobs have been getting wasted and dancing on top of bars for many many years. So why should this stuff be held against us today?
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Say you work at a very conservative company with big-named clients. Hypothetically, you're at a bar one night and you get wasted. You tell everyone where you work in between making out with guys. An executive from one of your company's clients just so happens to be at the bar that night. He sees this scene you're making and decides to stop doing business with your company since he feels the employees are completely unprofessional. This was a multi-million dollar client.
Of course, this is a big hypothetical but it's every company's worst nightmare. If a company finds out that you like to get wasted every weekend and make an ass out of yourself, you are a liability to them. I agree that what you do on your own time should have no bearing on your professional life but, unfortunately, it does. You never know who is watching you.
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