Here’s a poll done by The Star Online in August 2010 and 68% of them said that some (if not, all) of the social sites have been blocked in their working place.
- Employees on social networks are causing lost of productivity & money.
- Cuepacs advised civil servants against accessing social sites because they believe it’s distracting.
- Malaysian Employers Federation says BAN SOCIAL MEDIA!!!
- 54% of the companies in the US has already banned it.
- However, not all local businesses are against the use of social networking sites.
I personally think that this is a typical case of one man’s meat, the other man’s poison. Perception is not fact, hence how does one derive to a conclusion that social media is causing lack of productivity when tons of creative ideas are mostly shared via social media?
With more & more people worldwide embracing it, we’ll be at the losing end if we choose to shut it down instead of developing with it.
A post by Marshall Kirkpatrick says it well – using social media provides a mental break for employees, thus increasing productivity by a whopping 9%.
“The activity helps keep the mind fresh and helps put you in a better place when you come back to working on topic”, the scientists said.
And this 9% is merely the minimal increase as some users do productively use social media to share experiences that are work-related.
So it’s important to first study the motivation one has to use social media, before accusing that all pots are black.
This is a repost from TalkPower, my previous blog.
