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Author:  pcernie [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8325865.stm

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Staff who use Twitter and other social networking sites while at work are costing UK businesses £1.38bn every year, a report has said.


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The survey questioned 1,460 office workers.


Well, who'd doubt those figures? :roll:
Author:  Linux_User [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
I really hate figures like this.

How much money would employees working like robots cost business? Hm?

How long before everyone hates work and are no longer motivated? In fact, how long before they're feeling suicidal if they haven't got a chance to check Facebook/converse with colleagues?
Author:  james016 [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
We have a lunchtime window where people can access Facebook, webmail etc. It is blocked the rest of the day otherwise nothing would get done.
Author:  rustybucket [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
These figures don't surprise me tbh.

People seem to have forgotten that internet access at work is a privilege, not a right. Personally I'd warn and then sack anyone that was social notworking outside of statutory breaks. Personal telephone calls aren't acceptable so I don't see why personal internet traffic should be either.

Furthermore I should think that, in the current economic climate, actually having a job should be motivation enough.

Just my opinion though
Author:  james016 [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
rustybucket wrote:

Furthermore I should think that, in the current economic climate, actually having a job should be motivation enough.

Just my opinion though


This.
Author:  Linux_User [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
rustybucket wrote:
Furthermore I should think that, in the current economic climate, actually having a job should be motivation enough.


Work to live not live to work.

Companies often talk about how their employees are their 'greatest asset', rarely do they show it.

Employees are the life and soul of the company - piss them off and you'll get a high turnover rate of poor quality staff and low levels of loyalty.
Author:  rustybucket [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
Linux_User wrote:
rustybucket wrote:
Furthermore I should think that, in the current economic climate, actually having a job should be motivation enough.
Employees are the life and soul of the company - piss them off and you'll get a high turnover rate of poor quality staff and low levels of loyalty.

That's not excuse enough for letting them take the piss.

Give them an inch and they'll take a foot.
Author:  forquare1 [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
I don't think that social networking is a problem in the right environments. Certainly back at Sun we were free to socialise online (as well as 'offline' at the cafe etc), but if it was seen that we were wasting stupid amount of time, then we would be warned and action would be taken accordingly.

The 'motto' I suppose back in my office was "As long as the work gets done", OK if people slacked then warning were given etc, but who cares what you do as long as you get the work done and you get it done in a reasonable time?

EDIT:
As I said above, if I didn't socialise at my desk (ready for anything urget), I'd probably be socialising down at the cafe/coffee machine/cafeteria...
Author:  Linux_User [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
rustybucket wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
rustybucket wrote:
Furthermore I should think that, in the current economic climate, actually having a job should be motivation enough.
Employees are the life and soul of the company - piss them off and you'll get a high turnover rate of poor quality staff and low levels of loyalty.

That's not excuse enough for letting them take the piss.

Give them an inch and they'll take a foot.


Same goes for employers.

It'd be interesting to do the figures - £billions lost in 'productivity' vs. £billions in unpaid overtime/work done out of hours.
Author:  rustybucket [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
Linux_User wrote:
rustybucket wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
Employees are the life and soul of the company - piss them off and you'll get a high turnover rate of poor quality staff and low levels of loyalty.

That's not excuse enough for letting them take the piss.

Give them an inch and they'll take a foot.


Same goes for employers.

It'd be interesting to do the figures - £billions lost in 'productivity' vs. £billions in unpaid overtime/work done out of hours.
Oh I agree with you there.

If companies want their staff to show respect then they need to reciprocate appropriately. Evryone should be paid for the work that they do and not required to do any more than they are paid for.

Sadly it seems to me that everyone, employers and employees, are taking the piss.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
Linux_User wrote:
Employees are the life and soul of the company - piss them off and you'll get a high turnover rate of poor quality staff and low levels of loyalty.

And a risk of them running off with company data, or stationary.
Author:  Linux_User [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
rustybucket wrote:
Oh I agree with you there.

If companies want their staff to show respect then they need to reciprocate appropriately. Evryone should be paid for the work that they do and not required to do any more than they are paid for.

Sadly it seems to me that everyone, employers and employees, are taking the piss.


Now that I can agree with, +1.
Author:  okenobi [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Twitter 'costs businesses £1.4bn'
Linux_User wrote:
rustybucket wrote:
Oh I agree with you there.

If companies want their staff to show respect then they need to reciprocate appropriately. Evryone should be paid for the work that they do and not required to do any more than they are paid for.

Sadly it seems to me that everyone, employers and employees, are taking the piss.


Now that I can agree with, +1.


Steady - me too! Although, there's a little too much of this "+1" business around here at the moment.

Self-employment, it's the way of the future.
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