LinkedIn etiquette dilemma
A freind recently changes jobs. She's a very senior manager/exec in the banking sector.
Like many people in her industry she's on LinkedIn, but she tends to "connect" only to people at or close to her level in other companies and people who have reported directly to her in the past.
While on gardening leave before she started the new job she started getting LinkedIn invites from employees at the new company she is going to work for (obviously her appointment had been annouced publicly). This made her feel very uneasy and she ignored the invitations for the time being.
Bascially she was concerned about showing any favour to specific individuals, whom she hadn't even met yet!
I can see her point, because it sets a precedent, whereas another freind who is also a senior manager in the same industry felt there was no harm in accepting the invitations and felt that people would be offended that their invitation was being ignored.
For me the term "can of worms" comes to mind!
What do others think?
Do any of you have policies regarding LinkedIn?
If not should you have policies?