Just keep ignoring it. He has no way of knowing how often you log in, and if he asks you about it (which would be TACKY), you can say that you are busy, and you keep your FB friends list very small.

you ready for this?

Employers are now asking for last year's W-2 form.

[link]

so they can pay you as little as possible.

Refrained from killin' folks. Even those who needed it. (No, that's Raylan's performance plan. My bad.) Vonnie, questions like that kept me off fb for years.

"I recently interviewed for an Amazon position and made it through the three-month interview process and was notified that they wanted to hire me. The first step in the offer process, however, was that I had to submit my previous year's W-2 or federal tax return. Without that information, they would be unable to proceed. After providing them with my W-2, they made an offer that was below the salary range they originally quoted,"

from the linked article.

Just keep ignoring it.

Yay. I love it when the best way to go is "do nothing."

Wow, that's insane.

Vonnie, I think it's also not out of line to just say to him "oh, I got your friend request the other day--I don't like to friend coworkers/direct reports/etc on Facebook" or something. He doesn't know when you got/noticed it, and it could clue him in. I've said that to former coworkers (and occasionally friended them after one of us doesn't work there anymore). Or possibly suggest Linked-In to him.

Thanks for the good wishes.

Also - the job search process just keeps getting nuttier. Why would anyone want a job that pays less then the one they had before? Or are employers assuming that you (random jobseeker) are currently unemployed and desperate?

I think what they want to do is say: you earned $60K last year, we offered you $70K, that is clearly too high from what you earned last year, so we are going to pay you $65K instead.

sumi,

I just read. 'ma to you!