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Keeping your employees productive
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Internet use at work
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Some employers ban all personal computer use. It's grounds for termination. Employees must confine it to lunch hour, if at all. |
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Assign More Work?
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How about giving them more assignments? That'll chew up the idle time availability. 10 or so years ago the internet didn't even exist and people managed to survive. Perhaps Cwrite's comment to ban personal computer use makes sense. Sure, they'll bellyache, but if productivity is important to a business then they'll have to lay down the law. |
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To ban the internet is shortsighted
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Soon everybody's going to have it on their blackberry or iphone anyways. Sure it might be a good idea to give employees a policy on appropriate usage, but its just like the telephone now. You don't see many employers banning the telephone or cellphones at work. Its a tool and of course some people will abuse it, but it comes down to the employer to set proper performance requirements and if the employee doesn't meet them they need to deal with it in an appropriate manner. Just taking away internet access seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water if people are accomplishing what they need to be doing. If they aren't doing what you want them to, maybe you need to look at the way you're tasking them out. |
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Coputer fun at work
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| I got a kick out of the "news" from a week or so ago where some state employees complained that they no longer had games available to play when they got new software. It was probably long overdue, but good for the state for taking it from everyone. Now state workers can spend their time on more valuable things like reading BozemanTalks, or watching YouTube. | |
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Guilty!
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I goof off most of the day when I should be working...but here is the kicker-I am my own boss. I have never worked in an environment where internet usage (to check email and whatnot) was a problem...UNTIL myspace arrived. And the reason it became a problem was because there is a lot of inappropriate stuff on there. THAT was when the internet at work became monitered. I say if you have a problem with your employees surfing on your time, then you 1-block the sites or 2-let them know it's grounds for termination to play during work...or both. |
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America the overworked
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America is the hardest working country in the world. We spend more hours at work, take less vacation time, and have some of the highest stress levels in the world. Why? We want too much crap! We float constant debt thru mortgages, loans, and credit cards. We want the latest tvs, cell phones, and designer lable clothes. we eat out almost every day, never making time for family and friends in a home space. It is time to stop worrying about work, stop worrying about possessions, and to live a simpler lifestyle. America does not need to be more productive at work, but instead to endeavor to be happier at work. It is time to do work over dinner and drinks instead of frenzied text messages and emails. If the boss of some company is so stressed that any leisure time seems like a threat to the business, then it is time to get out of that business. Live simpler, so that you can simply live. |
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Funny...
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This is almost too hysterical to even comment on. Sounds like you are afraid of your employees. I'd post the internet policy. Let them know that they are welcome to use your computers on their luch hour but no personal use whatsoever on company time. I hope you are the "owner" of this business. If not, you should be fired. |
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So many rules!
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I think this is a balancing act. Are your employees productive? Are they finishing their work? Is their internet usage bogging down the company internet? These questions are important. I have worked places so filled with rules that as an employee, I started to hate going there because I was afraid of what rule I was breaking stepping foot in the door. I'm currently in a position where I no longer have IM (which I'm glad about because it tends to be a venue for complaining and gossiping...not always of course, but more often than not) and spend some time on the internet only because every speck of work that I have is done. I would much rather have enough work to keep me busy, but also detest busy work just to occupy my time. Thankfully my employer recognizes that I have my work done and doesn't mind some surfing. I appreciate it because I can get things done that I would otherwise have to do at home...where I would rather be spending quality time with my family instead of being on the computer. My employer does block certain sites (like MySpace and anything that could pop up anything inappropriate), which is fine with me. Most of my surfing has to do with checking my mail, looking at the paper/news and personal "errands" if you will. If their usage is bogging down your server, that's a whole other issue! Of course if they are not getting their work done...that too is another issue. I guess my 2 bits is not to stress too much. Productivity and finishing work is foremost. If this isn't being accomplished, the individuals that are slacking should be spoken to. I agree that you should have an internet policy in place, if you don't already have one. Work is priority, but throwing out the internet sends the message that your employees are not responsible and can't monitor themselves; of course some can't, but punishing everyone can cause feelings of resentment if their other option is sitting staring at a wall. |
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