It must shifted to some limit to access the social networking so that they also get time to connect with friend and the company profit does not effect a lot .
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pragati parihar, MBA/PGDM student, banasthali university,jaipur
| 07 13 2011 15:16:17 +0000
Employees should be allowed to use social networking sites at work, unless and until, deliverables doesn't get hampered.Even as Mihir mentioned, there also occurs the problem of usage of the network, but to be checked at timely basis. We are professionals and need to be matured - enough of what we are and where we are and what are we supposed to do. Infact,in general of total 8 hrs, a professional can utilise atleast 1-2 hrs a day for improving and updating his/her skill sets, which in-turn might help at the work-place.
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Radha V, Project Lead, Confidential
| 06 02 2009 19:01:13 +0000
Ya Maraji u r right. It is a knowledge tool; we can take the example of “TOOSTEP” This the platform where all professional can share their knowledge and experience, it’s only possible for all of us because of allowing it at work
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Mangala Shetty, Project coordinator
| 05 21 2009 08:35:05 +0000
Totally agree with Mihir here.....Today social networking is not just mere sharing photos..chatting with friends online. today it has a much bigger picture than it had several years ago..today these sites are used for creating a Brand value..and discuss problems on the work front..one can get various answers for his question and its all happening at the free of cost..as he is getting free knowledge just by a click...i truly support to allow the use of social networking sites at the workplace..
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Radhakrishna Marar, Business Analyst, Oracle
| 05 21 2009 08:22:39 +0000
This is really bone of contention in todays IT policy drafting, what is the level of freedom should be given to the employees. Generally all the mgt like to give full control, as it gives positive brand image of the company, useful for business development, hire people, pass the views that creates the creditabiltiy for the comapny. But as for all good things, there is the other side of the coin, the employee use this networking for there indivuial benifits and try to leverage the same for job hopping. And sometimes spend to much time on these, which may not affect the employees work, but it affects the internet bandwidth of the company and impacts the regular projects. So there needs to be a policy but it needs to based on the maturity and job role of the employee and each reporting manager should be able to take a call. Botton line - social networking is must in today's world for creating bran value, business development and pulling the resources in rigth fashion.
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Mihir Jhaveri, PMP, CSCM, Senior Manager/Pre Sales & Solution Lead/SCM/Strategy, Bristlecone India
| 05 20 2009 17:40:45 +0000
Focus is diffrnt can b shifted due to othr things also if u r free want to see wht ur frnds r doing thn it will b grt tht will refresh u in d sense...
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Rameez Chinde, Project Engineer, CSS (Computer support systems)
| 05 19 2009 14:48:48 +0000
I think social networking is the in thing right now...where people are not just merely wasting their time at these sites..in fact they are making some good professional connections..and discussing on issues related to their work and other stuff..and this is good...where employees can discuss various things that are happening...and one can't work for the whole 8-10 hrs so it should be allowed....
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Navneet Bhatnagar, Team Lead, Wipro
| 05 02 2009 05:47:10 +0000
A software developer spends more than 8 hours in office, more than 1/3 of his day's time in office. So I see no point in preventing him browsing the social network site. There are so many ways to stay connected these days, what's the point in taking out one such option from him.
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Arup Mondal, Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
| 05 02 2009 05:18:06 +0000
I think there should be some amount of freedom for the employees at the workplace as it is necessary to make them feel at home.Even if the employees are using social networking sites during work-hours,it will only benefit the organisation because that will result in increased productivity of employee.In between the work if an employee is switching to some other thing then after some time he will be more motivated to come back to the work.So it will always help an employee to keep his motivations level going.
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sumitra dutta, Consultant, XYZ
| 04 30 2009 05:45:55 +0000
Diwakar you are right we being the social animals need to have access to the social networks...If not casual social networking website. One should surely have access to linkedIn , toostep kind of social networking website where one can interact with other professional and gain knowledge. The knowledge gained can be utilized in the current organization.
The organisation and the employee should make sure that it doesnt affect they productivity in a negative way.
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Gargi Sinha, Senior Consultant, Hewitt Associates
| 04 15 2009 10:55:03 +0000
It should allow but within a certain time frame. Like before ofice hours, in lunch hours and after office hours. In this way, one can have access to the freedom of social networking site as well as should remain less distractive from the temptation of too much socializing :-)
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Anirban Bhattacharya, Software Architect, Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd
| 03 23 2009 13:29:24 +0000
I feel that its a human nature to do the stuff you are told not to do, so baning is not relevent until its required by security concers or if employees are missusing it
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Darpan Sinha, Tech Architect, Royal Bank of Scotland
| 03 23 2009 09:41:55 +0000
I think, they should be allowed. We are a socail animal and need this.
Also, as these sites now offer business opportunities also, some companies are hiring people to generate business out of these sites.
Leads are more trustworthy and also u know you will get the payments. They have lot os profiles, good for HR. Also, if we share our knowledge and problems with each other, its easy and fast to work.
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Deepali Gulati, COO, Knack HR Solutions
| 03 23 2009 07:19:15 +0000
I think Social Networking sites should definitely be allowed. After all human being is a social animal. Anyone can't get far in career or life if he/she does not have social interactions. Nowadays even HR uses social networking sites to know about the person they are going to hire. Yes, it should be used productively... not for simply making friends and chatting or any other activity. It definitely brings about value-addition to the person and the company as well in the long run. Regards, Diwakar.
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Diwakar Gupta, Technical Consultant, Meridium Services & Labs Pvt. Ltd.
| 08 29 2008 00:27:18 +0000
In my point of view it should be allowed in company but it should be utilised effectively by employee and some rules should be made so that they shouldnot missuse. Regards sudhir
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sudhir kumar sinha, Founder & CEO, Inovogen
| 08 28 2008 01:07:20 +0000
Yes, employees should be responsible enough to know when to use such sites and when not. Controlling the access is not a solution, there is always a way to bypass the control. Irresponsible employees will always find a different reason for excuse or fun ;)
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Saket Vishal, Sr Consultant, Xebia
| 08 13 2008 05:07:43 +0000
I feel it should be allowed but with proper utilization because one has to realize that social networking could become the way
to do business in the future, replacing phone and e-mail as the
communication medium. And also companies can use it has a recruitment tool for getting top talent with incurring less cost.
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Sridhar Kumar, Sales/BD Manager, Geometric Software
| 06 28 2008 04:19:53 +0000
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Any diversion from serious work lowers productivity!
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S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner
| 07 13 2011 15:28:35 +0000
I have experienced that when it comes to lack of focus and mental application for the employees, Job sites and Community websites are very much responsible. May be, it can be allowed in the Internet Zone with activity tracking enabled. The most important issue to be considered here is Information Security. Even if permitted outside the official network, sharing/leakage of sensitive information that may be prejudical to the interests of the employer cannot be prevented.
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Muralidharan Venkataraman, Partner/Principal/VP,
| 06 06 2009 10:28:56 +0000
Social Netwroking sites should be a ban during offices as it shift focus to various thing and ultimately there is productivity loss
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nisha gupta, Transport/Distribution Manager, DHARAMPAL PREMECHAND LTD.
| 05 12 2009 05:05:56 +0000
I would rather ban Social networking site and allow business networking sites. Like i would definitely ban orkut and allow toostep because the purpose of these sites fundamentally are different. I definitely do not see any value in asking "phantom beast" or " sexy stud" if he is looking for a job...LOL!!! How many alias have you seen in a serious business networking site? Not many and that's where the seriousness comes from. Cheers Navneet
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Navneet Chandra, Consultant
| 04 27 2009 05:47:01 +0000
I support a ban on Social Networking in office. I dilutes working atmosphere, loosens concentration in work. We will have to believe that, all employees are ethical and responsible to ensure judicial use of it. And having all such employees is just not impossible. there will be definitely people, who will exploit this facility.
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Prakash Saitwal, Technical Support Manager, Aditya Birla Management Corporation P. Ltd.
| 03 30 2009 11:04:26 +0000
BAN, 90% of people go these sites JUST wasting time.These sites must certainly be banned in colleges and university campuses.Students/lectures (young) waste such a hell lot of time doing meaningless stuff over here that its very irritable indeed. Engineers usually kill a lot of time in their university days and these sites have added to all that. It also blocks the band width of the network(slow down the internet speed) by that the productivity of the company is affected.
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Abhinav Chouhan, Team Lead, Wipro
| 03 23 2009 07:30:04 +0000
These sites should be definitely banned as this results in loss of employee productivity.
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Khaja Mohammed Irfan, Sr. Network Admin/System Admin, Al-khabeer Capital
| 09 14 2008 05:33:08 +0000
It must not be allowed at work places, employees get distracted when they find a mate which is obvious. There are other places where such activities should be done, but not at work place. There must be a distinct line drawn between profession and personal life.
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Mustafa Mahedvi, Assistant Manager, Serum Institute of India Limited
| 08 29 2008 05:47:20 +0000
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