Facebook bans fuel employee migration

You go to work for a company, you should be expected to do the work you're hired to do. This is unlikely to include downloading porn, playing solitaire, phoning up your friends, or checking your fake popularity on Facebook.

Employees sometimes seem to think that they're customers.

Sack them all I say. They are not working anyway if they are using that stuff at work. They are what gives IT a bad name.

The wasters should be working not messing about on farcebook, sack them before they get chance to quit !

brilliant, ban facebook !!! and get rid of the pesky yoofs without risking claims for unfair dismissal, sounds good to me lol.

1. Ask your employees if they would quit if you were to block a social networking site.

2. Block said social networking site.

3. Monkeys will leave and you have to give them no redundancy pay, leaving you with the more productive staff.

Ace.

Commenting on theinquirer.net is NOT BEING PRODUCTIVE! Close firefox and get back to work... slackers.

39% said they would quit when facebook is blocked
% of people who actually did quit when facebook was blocked.

I think they'll find the second % number is much lower!

...was what I thought the headline said the first time I saw it. Was so mystified that I was compelled to follow the link.

Did this happen to anyone else?

Maybe it was deliberate ...

Telindus did the survey, would you hire them to do a survey for you if this is the result?

Telindus expect us to believe that 39% of 18-24 year olds would actually quit their jobs if they couldn't use facebook while at work, pah, Telindus are fools.

Does anyone believe this statistic?

I was also confused by the title. The Inq, (who seem to capitalise INQ despite refusing to capitalise iPod?) seem to have a thing for "witty" headlines. Sometimes they are good, other times, they suck. You guys need to realise when it's time to speak plainly.
Anyway, as for all you crusty old farts going on about productivity; Just remember, you're not as energetic as you once were. Sure, the yoof may take time out to check facebook, but when they are working, they work faster than you. Anyway, it's been said, get of the Inq and get back to work. Something worse than a hypocrite is a hypocrite who's old enough to know better.

I really don't see what jurisdiction Facebook has over whether fuel employees can migrate or not.

I often work overtime ( just on salary no pay) with the company I work for. 

To me, this is a trust issue. I commit to have x,y+z done for tomorrow then the employer can trust I'll get it done, but in my own way.

I see no harm in facebook network traffic (perhaps browser in sandbox for security is required), but I would be very unhappy with an employer that restricts my behaviour just for 'policy', not technical reasons (as long as it's not explicit etc.)

I'm in this demographic and use streaming radio, facebook and msn at work. It helps me get through long days and deliver the work I commit to! Some might say I'd get my work done quicker without these distractions, well we're all different types of workers i guess...