Facebook Banned at Work
Posted by Nick O'Neill on August 23rd, 2007 11:39 AMYesterday there was a lot of buzz on the web about Facebook being banned from workplaces. Apparently close to 50 percent of all businesses have banned the site. Supposedly in the U.K. more than 70 percent of businesses have banned Facebook and similar social networks. This seems like an extremely high number of businesses.
Only one of the places that I have worked in the past three years banned access to social sites. Now that my job surrounds Facebook, I certainly am not banned. My guess is that most of the readers to this blog have not been banned at work either. Although maybe this is where people come when they can’t get on Facebook. Are you allowed to access Facebook from work?
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15 Responses to “Facebook Banned at Work”
I’m fine! Contractor for #1 IT multinational.. access is fine. You just don’t take the mickey, coz ITSEC are watching what sites you are on.
I reckon this is simply people who prob dont have net access anyway! (or another crappy article like that one by the spam filtering firm last week)
I’m fine! Contractor for #1 IT multinational.. access is fine. You just don’t take the mickey, coz ITSEC are watching what sites you are on.
I reckon this is simply people who prob dont have net access anyway! (or another crappy article like that one by the spam filtering firm last week)
While I personally don’t use Facebook for work a lot of our employees do use it as part of their day to day job duties (I work at a webmaster outsourcing company) so it is definitely not banned here.
While I personally don’t use Facebook for work a lot of our employees do use it as part of their day to day job duties (I work at a webmaster outsourcing company) so it is definitely not banned here.
my last 2 jobs facebook was banned. This happens more often than you might think.
my last 2 jobs facebook was banned. This happens more often than you might think.
damn… just had it banned, today, at Lloyds TSB in the UK. can’t really justify spending most of the day using it when you work for a bank
damn… just had it banned, today, at Lloyds TSB in the UK. can’t really justify spending most of the day using it when you work for a bank
[...] content then I shall be looking for a less populist website. The fact that it’s been banned in certain work environments demonstrates it’s declining value as a social networking website. [...]
Well, since my boss & the boss’s wife (who also happen to be the company’s owners) have their own facebook pages, he has no reason to ban it at work for the rest of us. He spends most of his time surfing the net anyways & he KNOWS what would happen if he should deny his employees the same privileges (and believe me, it would not be pretty). Guess that’s the benefit of working in a small office.
Well, since my boss & the boss’s wife (who also happen to be the company’s owners) have their own facebook pages, he has no reason to ban it at work for the rest of us. He spends most of his time surfing the net anyways & he KNOWS what would happen if he should deny his employees the same privileges (and believe me, it would not be pretty). Guess that’s the benefit of working in a small office.
its blocked at school so i have nothin to do !!!!!
its blocked at school so i have nothin to do !!!!!
If you can’t log into Facebook use facemate.co.uk for a work around to log in.
If you can’t log into Facebook use facemate.co.uk for a work around to log in.
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