Thursday, October 08, 2009

More than half of employers block social networking sites at workplace.

It's better to rant on your own computer at home and not on company time or office computers. Same goes for personal email. Word of advice: If you want to rant about your job, co-workers, and/or boss, you don't disclose names, company, or anything that will lead information to the company. And you certainly don't want to your own photo or name on any social networking site.
Can’t check Facebook or Twitter from the office? You’re not alone. In fact, you might be in the majority.
According to a new survey of 1,400 CIOs of companies with 100 or more employees, 54% now completely block employees from accessing social networking sites at work.
Only 10% of those surveyed let employees use social networks however they please, while the remainder all impose at least some restrictions on usage, like limiting it to business purposes only.The survey, which was developed by Robert Half Technology, is consistent with other recent reports that show companies are quickly moving to block social media in the workplace.
Of course, even when companies allow social media, it doesn’t always end well for employees. Another recent report indicated that 8% of companies in the US have fired staff over social media misuse.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Especially that post, you never want to do that because you never know how close your MIS department is watching things.

If you really have an annoying coworker, try this