This from VNUnet.com:
A survey of 1,000 office staff has found that nearly a third of younger employees would consider quitting their job if Facebook was banned in the workplace.
The survey by IT services firm Telindus found that 39 per cent of 18 to 24 year-olds would consider leaving if they were not allowed to access applications like Facebook and YouTube.
A further 21 per cent indicated that they would feel ‘annoyed’ by such a ban.
The problem is less acute with 25 to 65 year-olds, of whom just 16 per cent would consider leaving and 13 per cent would be annoyed.
To me, this speaks three things about those 39% mentioned above:
1. They are hopelessly overconnected to the Internet.
2. They don’t take the economic crisis seriously enough.
3. They need to grow up.
Seriously, this is utter madness. I wonder how I ever got through four years in the Air Force without access to gaming websites, Facebook, MySpace and the like in my office. I know I never wanted to, but I actually got work done.
Pffffffhfhhfhhshrshkhkfhkffhhht.
In other ridiculous news, look at this video. This group says they’re allergic to radio signals.
Now please tell me why the two people interviewed are wearing wireless microphones and NOT SNEEZING or showing any signs of illness?
I wonder how (or why) some people live.
Gimme an S! Gimme a T! Gimme a U!
Ah…well…you see the point.
While it’s nice to allow employees a chance to take a mental break now and then it’s also easily abused. I don’t blame employers from blocking it. Perhaps a compromise…if there’s a break room have one computer there that can access it so you monitor usage time.
Gonna agree with Chris. – they need to grow up. I am an “IT/Security” guy at work, and it is my opinion that allowing access to those kinds of sites (unless there is actual business case), including myspace – is a pure luxury.
when you go to work, you need to be working, not stealing from your employer by spending your time being social. break time may be more of a gray area, but I would say that it is a slippery slope that shouldn’t be crossed, especially since it would place undue financial stress on the company to provide extra hardware (including potential of huge costs on the infrastructure and back office components) for that “onsite” socialization.