Facebook at work
According to a recent US survey access to Facebook is blocked by more workplaces than any other site.
Which for me says one of two things:
Either people are wasting way to much time on Facebook or businesses think that people are wasting too much time on Facebook.
So what did those workplace timewasters do at work before Facebook came along?
I reckon they chatted with friends on the phone.
And more recently probably spent a lot of time chating on MSN Messenger.
Facebook just takes the plce of those two chat devices.
So it stands to reason that in workplaces where Facebook is blocked more people spend more time gasbagging on the phone.
Obviously I have no hard evidence of this. But I have an inkling that it is probably the case.
What I also miagine is happening is people are beating the system by accessing Facebook on their mobile phones instead.
Which kinda makes me smile to be honest.
Love to hear what you think.
posted by Stan Lee at 3:40 am
6 Comments:
Without a doubt they are accessing Facebook on their phones. I'm freelancing currently at a large organization and our department maintains a couple of Facebook pages for the company, so our access is enabled. In other departments with severely limited access, you see a lot of phones out. Even still - the Nazis in IT are monitoring us like, well, Nazis, warning that we too will be locked down if we continue to do things like, GOOD GOD NO! - continue to check our personal webmail accounts.
Also company or government organisation with a staff facebook ban is usually hideously under-prepared when their brand decides it's time to adopt a social media campaign.
I think people will find ways to be social with or without FB access. More time at lunch, more time at the water cooler etc... Maybe keen FB'ers should be encouraged to post for the company (with some help) if the company is active on the platform.
I think Glenn has a point: that companies with an FB ban are hideously under-prepared when their brand decides its time to adopt a social media campaign.
And, i have to say, when i used to work for a large electronics retail company, I was rather glad that FB was blocked. yes, peeps would still access it on their phones, but usually only at breaks or on the loo or quickly in secret. Not for whole blocks of time.
FB is designed to be distracting and I think if it had've been enabled, really nothing would've been done.
In a way, it acknowledged that peeps are entitled to be not 100% devoted to the company, but that F2F customer service and FB don't necessarily mix well.
Well I've never taken a smoke break so I reckon it balances out.
However, in other developments:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/1746256/Employer-Demands-Facebook-Login-From-Job-Applicants
Regards/
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