An interesting phenomenon is the blocking of social media sites by employers. In certain industries i can see why this would be a good strategic move, e.g call centres where the micro-management of staff by supervisors is one of the ways to increase productivity and allowing unskilled workers access to another distraction would increase the workload of these managers.
However in other office jobs I think that applying company wide rules in regards to social media is a more mature and respectful way to deal with employees. In much the same way that companies in the past tried to limit employees interactions with the internet - companies need to contemporise and adapt to these new technologies in a mature manner.
In a recent study many Gen Y employees stated they would leave a workplace if they were denied access to social media sites at work.
The sites I am thinking of are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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