Half of all full-time and part-time workers (51%) say their workplace has rules about using social media while at work (45% say their employer does not have these policies), while 32% report that their employer has policies about how employees may present themselves on the internet in general (63% say their employer does not have these policies).
Younger workers are more likely than their older counterparts to say they have discovered information about a colleague on social media that lowered their professional opinion of them – but also are more likely than older workers to have found information that improved their professional opinion of a colleague.
Some 23% of workers ages 18 to 29 report that they have discovered information on social media that improved their professional opinion of a colleague.
Some 14% of workers have found information on social media that has improved their professional opinion of a colleague; at the same time, a similar share (16%) have found information on social media that has lowered their professional opinion of a colleague.
Many workers report that their employers have policies about social media use on the job, or about how employees may present themselves in various online spaces.
However, this does not seem to be the case: Fully 77% of workers report using social media regardless of whether their employer has such a policy in place.