Do you ever visit old employers (to visit with friends and coworkers)? (find a job, company)

[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by cathy J.

Some employers don't allow former employees to visit as in AT ALL or even have contact with previous co-workers. I had a good friend who for a short time went on to work for CBS and they do this. Once CBS lets go of an employee or even if they would leave on good terms, he/she isn't allowed back on the property nor can they have any contact with anyone who is still employed there that is if those want to remain part of CBS.

I would think the latter part of this (no contact with anyone still employed there) is against the law. What if you are RELATED to someone who works there, for example.........

I would think if you left on good terms, you would want to keep contact as you never know when they would be a good reference or networking contact.

I have been in mostly email and Facebook contact with my last workplace, and almost had a very bizarre reunion. The wife of the husband-and-wife team that owned/ran the place I worked for for 15 years until last year got cancer and died last month and I planned to go to her funeral and see the husband as well as many of my former co-workers. Felt a bit strange. But we had a snowstorm that morning and though it wasn't cancelled I wasn't able to go. Almost think it's God's way of keeping me from this strange "reunion" of sorts (I did send a sympathy basket by the way).

[texdav]

lukily; I did not have the same relationship with employer or employees.I stop by from time to time and get invatations to attend retirements and other functions.

[kodaka]

I stay in touch with some former coworkers, but I don't visit their offices. This is not because I have bad feelings about the company or their offices, but because I have no reason to spend my social time in any office. I socialize with my friends and acquaintances in social places like parks, coffee shops, restaurants, our homes, etc.

[ValueAddedWorker]

Funny, a former supervisor who made my life hell, was totally insincere and who was loathed by many, still thinks she's welcome to pop in now and then, even after flipping people off when she quit. I avoid her like the plague.

[JetJockey]

Yeah, I pop in every once in a while to the old place I worked to rub it in their faces that I've moved on to bigger and better things.

Well, not really.... but this was the place that denied me ever working for them when my current job called to double check my employment dates, so I have zero respect for them.

I do drop in to another place I worked fairly frequently, but I'm still on excellent terms with the employees and am STILL offered jobs every time I go in there

[hnsq]

absolutely. It is stupid to not stay in touch. First of all, I am friends with most of my co-workers (how can you spend that much time with people and NOT at least try to get to know them?) and second of all, if you ever need another job (or your old job back) it is great to still have connections. This bullsh*t about personal and work lives being seperate frustrates me. I have helped co-workers move, given advice to my boss on how to handle his teenage son (as I am young enough to remember what it is like). I am in the process of buying my first house. My boss and co-workers have spent a long time explaining to me how financing works, what to look for in choosing a home inspector, etc.

These are people I hopefully am friends with for a long time, why would I willingly choose to have a cold/closed off work environment?

[annerk]

Originally Posted by marmac

No

A reality check will tell you that once you are no longer an employee, you have little in common with the place you formerly worked and the people currently employed there.

Maybe in your reality. In mine I'm still very close to some former coworkers at a couple of past jobs. I don't "stop in" to see them at work though, because we hang out socially. One of my former coworkers and his wife are talking about going on vacation with my husband and I later in the year.

[mich2fla]

I'm still in touch with former co-workers. I still see them at shows and seminars.

Last summer, I went back for a retirement party to the first place I worked out of college. It was surprising to see that some things remained the same but with many new faces. My old boss asked me privately if I regretted leaving. I told him no because I learned so much since leaving this place and my career is different today. Currently I'm at my 3rd company since leaving this company.

[Chatteress]

Originally Posted by cathy J.

Some employers don't allow former employees to visit as in AT ALL or even have contact with previous co-workers. I had a good friend who for a short time went on to work for CBS and they do this. Once CBS lets go of an employee or even if they would leave on good terms, he/she isn't allowed back on the property nor can they have any contact with anyone who is still employed there that is if those want to remain part of CBS.

CBS prohibits contact with former employees even during personal time away from work? That is a bit extreme especially considering that I have a few friends I have collected from a job I've held a few years back. I haven't had the desire to go back and visit their new facility but there isn't any policy that states that I cannot go and visit as long as I do not venture into the restricted areas.

[annerk]

Originally Posted by Chatteress

CBS prohibits contact with former employees even during personal time away from work? That is a bit extreme especially considering that I have a few friends I have collected from a job I've held a few years back. I haven't had the desire to go back and visit their new facility but there isn't any policy that states that I cannot go and visit as long as I do not venture into the restricted areas.

It's absolutely not the case. I have friends who used to work for CBS radio and are still friends with people who still work for CBS radio. I was hanging out with a bunch of them (both former and current employees) last Friday night.