Comments on: The Social Media Cigarette Break

By: Social media at work | Trends In Ed

Social media at work | Trends In Ed — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:18:21 +0000

[...] It increases knowledge share and facilitates collaboration. Not allowing the use has spawned â€œthe new cigarette breakâ€â€”where employees go outside and use their smartphones to check in on their networks. Iâ€m not [...]

By: Fresh Crackers (24) « Don't Compromise!

Fresh Crackers (24) « Don't Compromise! — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:06:37 +0000

[...] The Social Media Cigarette Break – Clark Quinn must be telepathic, given our own comments, but his point about social media networking and trust is a strong one. If social media tools are to achieve their potential for collaboration, sharing and informing, attitudes towards access â€“ essentially issues of trust â€“ need to be addressed to. Thereâ€s little point moving to flatter organisations and open plan offices if we just rebuild the barriers with firewalls. [...]

By: Microsoft MCSE Training Courses

Microsoft MCSE Training Courses — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:33:07 +0000

Communicating friends through FB or other is always not harmful. As it brings freshness to the employee after working hard a long time on their job. I donâ€t think a sensible employee really tend to misuse the office resources rather doing their actual job. But it can be a real problem for that employee who is not concern about their job or company.

By: virginia Yonkers

virginia Yonkers — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:49:25 +0000

I think there are two issues here. First is company oversight (management issue). The fact is that there are use policies and tools to enforce them with the “older technologies”. Investment in those tools and creating effective policies are time consuming, so companies don’t want to allow any of them until they have to.

The second issue specific to social networks, though, is the loss of researches outside of the company. Many companies don’t like to share information WITHIN the company. They perceive social networks as a tool for leaking information outside of the company. Unlike email and phones, which can be controlled internally by the company, social media is controlled by the individual. Of course, companies don’t want to come out and say, “we think you’re going to leak information,” because then they might put ideas in people’s heads (their perception). It is much more acceptable in our business culture to say that employees will “waste time” rather than trying to take away their “free speech.”

By: ed hardy bags

ed hardy bags — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:13:39 +0000

This is a fantastic post. Like yourself I remember in the early 90â€s management and IT not wanting to allow internet access to call center employees because they might waste too much time. Wasting time is the reason we are given now on why IT blocks access to social networking sites.

By: Lara Solomon

Lara Solomon — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:11:15 +0000

Thanks Clark, I come across this a lot when talking to companies. They are so worried that people will be on Facebook all the time, I do point out that they could be using the phone or emailing, but they seldom see it as the same, which I find strange. I think it is going to be a huge mindset change, about the fact that just because you are on Facebook does not mean you are slacking off.

Next people without a smartphone will be complaining about people with a smartphone taking too many breaks, similar to the smoker/non-smoker argument!

By: Donna Farren

Donna Farren — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:42:10 +0000

This is a fantastic post. Like yourself I remember in the early 90’s management and IT not wanting to allow internet access to call center employees because they might waste too much time. Wasting time is the reason we are given now on why IT blocks access to social networking sites. I am sure in the next decade we will be blocked from something else for fear employees will waste time.