Thread regarding Comcast layoffs

if it’s every single story then i would 1. block them and 2. see what internal avenues you have to address it as stalking/harassment. it could be very dangerous if an individual employee is doing this to monitor a colleague’s whereabouts.

Using authenticated brand credentials to monitor a colleague outside work hours violates internal corporate acceptable use policies and crosses established employee relations boundaries. That behavior creates severe HR exposure around workplace harassment and leaves an undeniable digital paper trail if any adverse employment action or retaliation claim follows.

@bt I need you all to understand that it is perfectly legal for a Comcast associated handle or page to view your public posts and stories. There is no legal protection or expectation of privacy when you post publicly online. So location tagging, brand mentions, hashtags that may make your profile pop up will all be used to track social audience engagement, for social media monitoring, etc.

Pretty sure OP meant having a public profile with standard public IG Stories, which still leaves a clean viewer receipt showing the official brand handles tuned in. Regardless of profile settings, someone logged into enterprise credentials to check up on an employee outside work hours crosses a clear governance line and creates unnecessary HR risk. Boundaries are critical, so blocking the handles and tightening down to Close Friends is definitely the smartest move here.

@bh just bc their page is private doesn’t mean their story or reel was. they could have made a public post or something. unless you accepted their follow, there is no way for them to view your story or post unless you specifically changed the privacy of that reel or post. so something isn’t adding up from OPs story

Even if it is just a personal public account and public IG Stories, whoever is logged into official brand handles to watch them is violating acceptable use policies by leveraging enterprise property for peer surveillance. Official handles monitoring an employee outside working hours creates serious HR exposure around workplace harassment and risks violating labor protections concerning off-duty activity. Because Instagram Story views leave an irrefutable digital receipt under the company name, that paper trail directly compromises HR and legal if any retaliatory action takes place.

@bj If i had been the one i would own up to it.
quit being naive. have some common sense. and quit trying to be a social media influencer. seriously it’s like covid broke all of you

@bj maybe don’t post publicly. you aren’t owed that privacy.

@bm who said anything about spying? Comcast has a team that monitors any mention of their name across all media. and they definitely have people who review public pages of employees.
it’s not an HR nightmare. it’s legal protection for the company. As long as it’s an official comcast account then they’re fine. it would be an issue if it were a managers personal account or something.
Don’t be foolish.

These comments are interesting lol. If you have a public IG account & someone from your company’s social team is looking at your public account then that’s weird as he-l. Especially from the company pages.

The defense that you should have private account misses the point, Employees should not use company social accounts to spy on colleagues lol. It’s an HR nightmare and a misuse of that handles account.

@bj If your social media is public, that's on you to consider what you post. If your social media is private but you have decided to allow official Comcast social media accounts to follow you and see what you post, that is also on you. This isn't new information. I've been here 10+ years and remember dozens of trainings about social media usage. It IS basic knowledge.

You seem like the same person going through this forum making comments personally insulting anyone that disagrees with them, hence the "anger management" suggestion because you have no good arguments. Can't even use the proper "you're" terminology. Grow up!

@bf you seem very angry for someone who is not involved. I suggest some anger management. Simply put anyone who is a co worker whom is going out of their way to view another co workers public Instagram account is weird and creates a legal liability for the company. The energy you have tells me maybe your the one who got caught, 🤣

@bf reading is fundamental folks. The title itself says their accounts are marked private.

@b7 it absolutely is basic knowledge. having a public account is not of the first things you should have learned not to do.
how many examples do you need in the news of people losing their jobs bc of some d-mb thing they posted online.
be smart. this is basic. if you don’t agree that’s you being ignorant and naive. stop documenting every aspect of your life. put the phone down. make everything 2 factor authentication and only share posts with close friends. anything else is fair game.

this is basic stuff here people.

@b6 definitely not basic knowledge. Any company employee doing this from a company corporate enterprise account is frankly…creating an HR & legal issue.

This is basic social media knowledge 101. Do Not Make Public Posts.

I had the same issue. Each week, a “legal administrative analyst” would look at my profile. And those are just the folks not smart enough to hide their creeping. Comcast is the worst employment decision I made in my life. They are definitely a company that creeps. I was so glad I never got their promoter package to plug into my home.

your own fault for not having a private page. don’t be naive

You're not imagining it, and you're not the only one. Here's what I'd do.

Block those accounts. Corporate handles, the World Cup account, and anyone on your team you don't trust. If blocking feels like too much, Instagram lets you hide your stories from specific accounts in your story settings, and they won't be notified.

Set your account to private and use Close Friends for stories. Only people you actually know and trust should see your life outside of work.

Go through your followers and remove anyone tied to the company that you didn't personally approve.

And assume anything you post publicly can end up in front of HR, legal or leadership. This company has shown it doesn't hesitate to use whatever it can find. Keep your personal life personal.

You're there to do your job, get paid and go home. That's not a bad attitude. That's a boundary. Protect it.