Study: 54% of companies ban Facebook, Twitter at work.

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Computerworld - Planning on firing off a short missive on Twitter or posting an update to your friends on Facebook from the office?
Better check your employer's rules first.
According to a study commissioned by Robert Half Technology, an IT staffing firm, 54% of U.S. companies say that they have banned workers from using social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace while on the job. The study, released today, also found that 19% of companies allow social networking use only for business purposes, while 16% allow limited personal use.
Only 10% of the 1,400 CIOs interviewed said that their companies allow employees full access to social networks during work hours.
"Using social networking sites may divert employees' attention away from more pressing priorities, so it's understandable that some companies limit access," said Dave Willmer, executive director of Robert Half Technology and a Computerworld columnist, in a statement. "For some professions, however, these sites can be leveraged as effective business tools, which may be why about one in five companies allows their use for work-related purposes."
A study released last summer concluded that social networking use could hurt the bottom line.
Nucleus Research, an IT research firm, reported in July that employee productivity drops 1.5% at companies that allow full access to Facebook in the workplace. That survey of 237 corporate employees also showed that 77% of workers who have a Facebook account use it during work hours.
Nucleus said that the survey found that "some" employees use the social networking site for as much as two hours a day at work. It did not say how many workers fit into that category, but it did note that one in 33 workers surveyed said that they use Facebook only while at work. And of those using Facebook at work, 87% said they had no clear business reason for accessing the network.
And in August, the U.S. Marine Corps reaffirmed its ban on the use of social networks by its soldiers.
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I was in a study group at my college library discussing a project the other day. Apparently we were being too loud because a man approached us informing us this was a "quiet" part of the library, cause the students are trying to study on the computers.. Although we were not being loud, we apologized and proceeded with our work. I then glanced over to the computers where the students needed "peace and quiet" to work, and to my surprise, every single student was on Facebook or Myspace! So much for the needed "quiet" for studying! lol
 

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Yeah, that would be right.
I wonder how the bloke who spoke with you would define "study." ;)
 

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We aren't allowed to use such sites at work, but the company has, behind a corporate firewall, a wiki for us to collaborate together on. So if I needed to work on a project with someone far away, I can. Doesn't come into my job very much, but it is available to us. From what I have read on it, they have collboration groups, project groups, etc. There is even a section on virtual worlds, several people collaborate on that. What goes on there, what company work can be done there, etc.
 

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