You don’t have to quit the apps—you just have to stop letting them narrate your career. Social media is fun; HR’s printer is not. Consider this a quick tune-up for your thumbs, inspired by All Up in Your Bizness: Managing Your Business Crap by Julianna Newland.
All Up in Your Bizness: Managing Your Business Crap:
In the business setting, however, you should be careful about your use of social media, especially if you are using company equipment and if you’re on company time.
Company Gear, Company Rules
If you’re on their laptop, their Wi-Fi, or their clock, you’re not a free agent—you’re in uniform. Policies aren’t suggestions; they’re seatbelts. Buckle up or meet the airbag.
Don’t Make HR Your Audience
Complaints? Normal. A rant with your full name? Evidence.
From All Up in Your Bizness: Managing Your Business Crap:
Many businesses track your social media postings, especially if you are silly enough to go on a screed against your employer. Simply put, do not do it.
The Billboard Test (Use It, Always)
Picture your post on a giant sign outside your boss’s house—and your mother’s. Still proud? Great. If not, close the app and open a notes file.
The same rule applies here: do not put in writing what you would not want to see on a billboard outside of your boss’s house or your parents’ house. Bottom line: don’t be a putz. – All Up in Your Bizness: Managing Your Business Crap
Share Like a Pro, Not a Pyro
You can love the scroll without burning your brand. Keep the personal personal and the corporate… not yours.
Quick checklist before you hit “Post”:
- Is this on my time and my device?
- Would I read this aloud in a staff meeting?
- Could this be misread without context?
- Will tomorrow-me thank me?
The Quiet Flex
“I am a big fan of Tik Tok. I read it; I seldom post.” That restraint? Powerful. The smartest people online aren’t loud; they’re intentional.
Social media can lift your reputation or light it. Choose lift. Use the billboard test, vent offline, and keep your promotion prospects intact. For more no-nonsense guardrails (and a few loving gut-punches), grab All Up in Your Bizness: Managing Your Business Crap—then post like HR is reading, because they are.
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