1 In 5 Are Friends With Their Boss On Facebook

Twenty-one percent of employees are friends with their boss on Facebook, and those who do tend to be younger or male.

Twenty-one percent of employees are friends with their boss on Facebook, and those who do tend to be younger or male.

That’s based a survey of 1,000 adults conducted online by Russell Herder. Surveys conducted online tend to be self-selective and that can often skew results because more technologically-inclined types tend to participate. So the real proportion of Facebook users whose bosses count among their friends on the site could be way lower.

We’re intrigued by another statistic: five percent of the survey respondents used to be friends with their bosses on Facebook, and wish the poll had asked which party had ended the friendship.

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