Social Networking And The Workplace
Mar. 6th, 2012 08:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I have been thinking a great deal about social networking, particularly using twitter and (formerly) LJ, in the workplace. At work, I feel guilty if I don't employ my time to the company's end although I do occasionally use twitter when I am in the office. This is often during my lunch, on toilet breaks, or in very small intervals throughout the day. Normally though I am far too busy and rarely have time to post even if I wanted to. I do find twitter a huge temptation though, particularly if I have posted something on my way to work during my commute.
As I am in charge of the company's twitter feed I could easily get away with posting more but I don't due to the guilt. I have noticed that some people seem to be on twitter all the time though and never get censured. I imagine this is a combination of perception - they may not actually be on twitter all that much, it just appears they are - and the fact that the nature of people's jobs is different. In the IT industry I imagine it's easier to get away with and there are more natural breaks in the work day where there is little else to do as you are waiting on other things to happen before you can proceed with your own job.
I do find this fascinating though - what is your work policy to social networking? And do you adhere to it? I am interested in finding out.
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Date: 2012-03-06 06:01 pm (UTC)LJ is much easier to check at your leisure. So I can see how social media can be potentially more damaging to a company's productivity than shall we say some "older" less trendy sites *ahem*. Again, if I am between between jobs, and have my phone in my hand (or if I have something I want to post) I will indulge. Otherwise, I have better things to be doing at work. It really does depend on the day.
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Date: 2012-03-06 11:45 pm (UTC)*SNERRRK* Sorry, I'm being 12 at the moment....
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Date: 2012-03-06 10:28 pm (UTC)Funny how efficient the simplest policies can be. ^_^
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