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Blocking Social Networking Sites in the Workplace
Brad G. shared 2 months ago
Great article by Morriss at EverythingCU.com discussing social networking sites in the workplace.
Excerpt:
Employee productivity in the workplace is obviously a big issue. Being distracted from work, from customers/members who need help, is not a good thing. But employees are people too, and want to be connected to the people that are important in their lives.
Lisa R.
I personally think the main issue with allowing employees to use these sites is that SOME may take advantage of it and spend far too much time playing around. However, this is one of those situations that we’ve discussed before. You shouldn’t allow the possibility for some to abuse this privilege to ruin the chance for others to use these sites in a productive manner. If you run into some that abuse the system, weed them out!
There’s a lot of good that can come from employees using these sites & apps. I think as long as a company is clear about their expectations and the employee meets all deadlines, it shouldn’t be a huge issue.
Mike T.
I’ve got a very firm stance on this issue and it matches exactly with Morris.
If CUs are having problems with dropping productivity levels, why not address it with the individual employees (or find better ones?) instead of punishing everyone else for one person’s misdeeds.
Social media is the future of community and limiting yourself from those interactions is only going to dampen your ability to connect with the ever-changing outside world.
Also, because today’s internet users are so innovative, if you block one site or one way of doing something, they will find a way to do it differently and achieve the same result.
What needs to happen is a fundamental shift of ideas and perceptions on what the internet is and how it can/does affect business. The internet is not just a place where you go to entertain yourself.