An employer regarded a worker’s unified online self as detrimantal to her career.

Evidence

It really bothered [the company] that there was any entity online where it was me, meaning all of me and not divided. Like they didn’t want to have my title associated with stuff I did personally. They’re like, “Can’t you create a different account, to separate them?” I’m like “This is my name” … they were saying things to me like, “The way you live your life online is an obvious detriment for your career,” and I was like, “No, it’s not,” and they got really pissed. It was two different languages because they couldn’t understand that I wouldn’t have a career if I didn’t live my life online the way I was. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 628

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the employer’s demand for compartmentalized selfhood versus the self-brander’s commitment to a unified authentic identity—echoing the authenticity/vulnerability tensions analyzed across Status Update. — connects to: A woman’s tech career was dismissed despite evident professional success — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 706; Women’s online self-presentation is judged more harshly than men’s in tech culture — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 722; Even professionals cannot control how their reputation is shaped by others’ online disclosures — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 637

Broader Connections

• A woman’s tech career was dismissed despite evident professional success #exemplifies (1.00) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 706
• Women’s online self-presentation is judged more harshly than men’s in tech culture #expands (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 722
• Even professionals cannot control how their reputation is shaped by others’ online disclosures #expands (0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 637