Absolutely outrageous! Netizens lament that after resigning

Iravan774

Absolutely outrageous! Netizens lament that after resigning, they are actually required by the company to leave their personal social media accounts!

When you work, do you have a company account specifically for work purposes, especially for apps like messaging software that are closely related to our daily lives? Recently, there was an incident where an employee, after resigning, was asked by the company to leave their software account. The issue arose because the account was not a company account, leading to a dispute. Let's take a look at the reasons from both sides.

The situation is as follows: a netizen sought help online, sharing that they recently resigned and, before leaving, the company demanded the return of the account. The reason given was that during the netizen's tenure, they accumulated a large number of customer contacts, reaching a total of 1600 customers, and the company wanted the account returned. However, the netizen was immediately puzzled because this account was actually their personal one. In addition to customers, it had 700 friends and numerous very private conversations. It seemed unthinkable to hand over such a private account to the company.

Moreover, when the netizen joined the company, they confirmed whether there were company accounts. At that time, the company explicitly stated that there were no work-related phones and accounts, and customers were something the employee had to find themselves. Besides, the netizen paid the phone bills every month. Therefore, the company's request to "return the account" was, in reality, a very unreasonable demand. When the netizen shared this online, other netizens also expressed that the company's actions were outrageous. If the customer list was known to be crucial from the start, why not provide a work-related account or require employees to create one?

In my opinion, it should have been clear from the beginning what constitutes a work account versus a personal one. The company also needs to be explicit in this regard; otherwise, situations like this will make both parties very uncomfortable.

977Iti

I understand your frustration.

Iti9

I hope this experience will prompt the company to improve its policies to protect employees' personal privacy.