No more posting while at work?

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/685ebhj

/// The e-mail also warns against social-networking, sport or fashion websites, looking at photographs and posting adverts on for-sale or wanted websites.///

Having noticed that there is more activity on AnswerBank, during working hours, and if these measures were to catch on in other Council and Government offices, could it all have an adverse effect on AB?

[daffy654]

You are assuming that most of the posters are employed. Many are retired or work for themselves and many, like me, are disabled and housebound people.

[DTCwordfan]

Yes, and your point is, AOG?

I would say that, if true given its source - and it could well have been exaggerated out of context, it is somewhat narrow-sighted by the management. Allowing employees to gossip etc allows them to rest and re-group and contribute more over time, as well as be more creative, that is if any individual 'nous' is needed.......

[ljdksa]

Many people, like myself, may work shift hours or part-time.

[ummmm]

I was allowed to post on here from work...and look at any site I wanted. As long as the work got done.

[bednobs]

i don't think so - when the ed did that big survey the other day, the vast majority of abers were retired or in the older (non working age age group)

[mike11111]

Chatting while working is one thing, using the internet for private purposes is another. My previous employer dealt with this quite simply. Access to non work-related sites was denied by the IT management.

[daffy654]

The managers who sent the email were told off anyway AOG.

////Dr Jason Gooding, Carlisle city council’s deputy chief executive, said: ‘On this occasion the approach to managing staff has fallen a little short of the high standards the council has rightly come to expect of its team leaders and managers.////

[wolf63]

I am glad that we didn't have full access to the internet when I was still working - it is far too addictive.

As daffy says - many of us don't work. I am under pension age but am unable to work for health reasons. I am a poor pensioner - on my civil service pension.

It's a hard life ;-)

Susan

[bednobs]

just had a look and under 30% of ab users (who expressed a preference!) were employed

[Purple_Popple]

Most people i know, use the internet from their own mobile phone, to use Facebook etc etc, therefore bypassing company internet usage...

[anotheoldgit]

All interesting points.

I am glad to see so many of the 'more mature' age are taking part on AB.

Anyone care to suggest why the drop off in out of work hours? could it be that some get out and about or do their weeks shopping? But if we are mainly OAPs then we could do that at any-time.

[boxtops]

AOG, this has been the case with my public sector employers for years, since the advent of social networking sites. We are barred from accessing any sites like this or Facebook, eBay, any gaming sites - the computers just won't let us access the URLs - and in my opinion, quite right too. We are paid to work and do the day job which keeps me more than busy, not faff around chatting to our mates. I know it's an old-fashioned view, but if my colleagues want to look at FB they have to leave the office and go do it on their mobiles, their absence from the desk is soon noticed. Two people over the years have been summarily dismissed for flouting this rule. We're not allowed radios in the offices either, or to watch the cricket.

[dzug2]

Maybe the oldies get their internet fix in the day and spend their evenings out clubbing?

[Dris]

Im sure some of the ABers who use from their workplace are not abusing it-hardly worth getting disciplined for when jobs are like hens teeth,
Th AB poll comparison does suggest older people use it -but some like myself dont have to work and as someone else pointed out theres a fair few shift workers on here.
Therefore I dont think it will have an adverse effect on AB.

[modeller]

One of our local councils supplied Blackberries to most of their office staff whether they needed them for their work or not. It was described by some as empire building. Therefore apart from gossip, the capital cost and monthly subscription was enormous. Since the cut back most of them have been recalled with dozens of // unnecessary laptops // . I don't know how much
time and money is wasted on these various activities but I can imagine considerable sums may be involved.

[sheepshank22]

i am a pensioner i hope to be using this site more for the company than anything else,i can understand the likes of daffy654 and wolf63 its good company for them as they are unable to go out.

[bednobs]

AOG i reckon its because the more mature age group go on here during the day so it dosen't interfere with their viewing of corronation street and emmerdale, or their going to bed early with a cup of cocoa

[anneasquith]

i have never been in a job where any time was available to access sites similar to this one, always far too busy.................nor as a parent, a part time job and a house to run did have the time to sit about most of the day chatting....................

[tiggerblue10]

When I'm at work I don't usually get a chance to do things on the net or come on AB. I've usually got about 3 or 4 excel spreadsheets to work on which have to be completed by certain times of the day every day.

Around 5 years ago several members of my unit (nearly 200 staff) were dismissed for having ladies with not much on as their screen savers and also looking at soft porn images.