<p>Almost one-third of workers aged between 18 and 25 are friends with their boss on social media like Facebook, a new survey has found.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, more than half of them - 58 per cent - have admitted they've never cleared potentially career-damaging content from their profiles.<br /><br />According to a worldwide survey of 4,400 people in 11 countries by anti-virus company AVG, 13 per cent of workers in Australia admit to posting abusive content about their boss or company after a bad day at work.<br /><br />Eighteen per cent employees in Italy have been found to express their emotions online, the AAP news agency reported.<br /><br />Eighty per cent of Spanish young working class admitted to have posted inappropriate images online, while 28 per cent of Australians admitted doing so.<br /><br />The survey also found one in 12 young Aussies had been asked in a job interview about things they've posted online.<br /><br />AVG's Australian security adviser Michael McKinnon said the level of comfort with social media was blurring the line between young people's professional and private lives.<br /><br />"It seems obvious that posting abusive content about a boss or workplace is not very sensible, but it's important to understand that not only could it damage a person's existing career, it could negatively impact on future opportunities too," McKinnon said.</p>
<p>Almost one-third of workers aged between 18 and 25 are friends with their boss on social media like Facebook, a new survey has found.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, more than half of them - 58 per cent - have admitted they've never cleared potentially career-damaging content from their profiles.<br /><br />According to a worldwide survey of 4,400 people in 11 countries by anti-virus company AVG, 13 per cent of workers in Australia admit to posting abusive content about their boss or company after a bad day at work.<br /><br />Eighteen per cent employees in Italy have been found to express their emotions online, the AAP news agency reported.<br /><br />Eighty per cent of Spanish young working class admitted to have posted inappropriate images online, while 28 per cent of Australians admitted doing so.<br /><br />The survey also found one in 12 young Aussies had been asked in a job interview about things they've posted online.<br /><br />AVG's Australian security adviser Michael McKinnon said the level of comfort with social media was blurring the line between young people's professional and private lives.<br /><br />"It seems obvious that posting abusive content about a boss or workplace is not very sensible, but it's important to understand that not only could it damage a person's existing career, it could negatively impact on future opportunities too," McKinnon said.</p>