Comments on: Why your boss should let you use Facebook at work

By: Former Boss

Former Boss — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:44:02 +0000

"Facebooking" FOR work purposes is vastly different from "Facebooking" AT work!!!

By: ER911

ER911 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:29:25 +0000

I agree that companies should be careful about who they allow to represent them, especially on the internet. In fact, many of the people who posted comments in favor of social networks at work had typos in their comments. Then they want to represent the company they work for online? Great beginnings there! To Mr. Lane, I have a feeling JS works in an "at will" state, such as I do. That means if I have not joined a worker's union or signed a contract that states terms of my employment with my employer, my boss can look at me tomorrow and tell me I'm fired, no reason necessary. Not only is it totally legal, it makes employees work harder to make themselves valuable to the company. Does my company allow social networking while on company time? Yes, if you provide your own computer, it is only used during "down time", and you can (and will) be held responsible for anything you post-on and off duty. I have yet to see any benefits of social networking "on the clock", but I have seen someone get fired for a comment he posted. BTW- I am a 20-something facebooker-just not at work.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:54:28 +0000

I use Facebook and just the other night I commented how much I love my new FiOS TV remote control application on my Verizon Wireless phone. Not only did I comment how much I like the feature, but the 180 friends I have also saw it and Verizon got free marketing.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:20:04 +0000

That's right folks…you're there to do a job and not socialize via twitter, facebook or myspace while at work. There are many people out of work who would love nothing more than to take your job simply because you don't, can't and will not comprehend or understand workplace policy. That being said, the same goes with companies that use these social media networking sites to conduct business. Really, come on, what business? Follow me here, follow me there, follow me on this, follow me on that…almost seems like nothing more than being invited to social (internet tupperware) parties rather than trying to solve your own company problems or determine how to best "realistically" out perform your competition.

By: robbirgfeld

robbirgfeld — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:35:31 +0000

So what is news in the world of Facebook at work? Ton of new traffic to this post, and we're looking for what's news as it relates to using Facebook in the workplace.

By: sierra

sierra — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:38:25 +0000

If you are interested in using social networking at the office, such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, please check out http://www.FaceTime.com

In fact, invite your compliance manager or director to attend a webinar on how to allow employees access to these sites without risking data leakage or malware attacks.
http://www3.facetime.com/newsevents/events.aspx

want to learn more about social networking at the office? email me at ssummers@facetime.com
My recent post Social Networking Compliance for FINRA Regulated Organizations June 29- 2010 9-00am PST – Webinar

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Branding, Social Media and Beyond « Ride5 Media Group Blog — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:44:07 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:29:26 +0000

Interesting attempt to twist an argument, but it falls flat when faced with reality – first, the vast majority of companies do regulate employee phone use, and rightfully so – non-business phone use consumes company resources and wastes time for which the employer is paying. Second, spending just a brief amount of time on Wastebook, Twitter, Yammer, or any of the host of other sites reveals that the vast majority of the content has absolutely no redeeming value other than sheer voyeurism. The fact that voyeurism can sell advertising is undeniable – but that does not mean that companies should participate in the exhibitionism to benefit advertisers. There are a very few legitimate uses of public social media, but the misuse, abuse, and inappropriate content far outweigh those uses for the majority of employees. If phones and e-mail had such low ratios of productive usage, you can be certain that their use in business would be almost nonexistent.

By: David Lane

David Lane — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:06:34 +0000

JS, you say: “if the management of a company is even halfway competent, it’s not going to take long to figure out who the abusers are and get rid of them.”

Um…I would love to work in your company…because in the 20 years I have been working, including as a manager, “firing” is not so easily done as you would have us believe, even for being less than halfway competent.

Are there ways to use social media internally – sure, and it has been done in good companies for years…OK, departmentally – if the company gets large, most people barely feel like their input matters beyond their pod anyway and then all the internal stuff becomes rah, rah, rah marketing that is generally ignored.

But giving access to sites like Facebook…well, if we cannot keep them from clicking on the infected email…how do we keep them from the infected sites….much less wasting real time.

You are going to have to convince me some other way…and oh, that includes this, but as a private contractor, if I don’t bill, I don’t get paid…so back to work.

By: Rinnell Garrett

Rinnell Garrett — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:43:47 +0000

This is the exact opposite thing that i have heard about facebook. Everyone is talking about its negative impact. Nice to read some flip thoughts.