Comments on: Stop surfing the web: it’s costing us billions!

By: Lucas McDonnell

Lucas McDonnell — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:24:15 +0000

There’s no question in my mind that this relates to performance — and the ability to multitask is becoming ever more desirable in employees these days. Not to mention all of the attention that work-life balance gets from employers. There’s just so many reasons that I disagree with the fundamentals of the CBI’s study and blocking (or partially blocking) internet access. Thanks for stopping by and giving us your further insight on this Steve.

By: Steve Dale

Steve Dale — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:26:34 +0000

There is another point here which I neglected to cover in my original blog post, and that is to address this as a performance issue. If an employee is conistently meeting or exceeding his/her work objectives, does it really matter if he/she is spending some work time on ‘other’ activities? If the employee finds that he/she has lots of spare time to engage on ‘non work related activities’, AND still meets objectives, then it’s up to the manager or supervisor to channel this excess energy into more work-related activities. However, I agree on the issue of trust. If there is little or no trust in the workplace then there is something fundamentally wrong with management or recruitment or both.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:14:27 +0000

Interesting fact. The company where I worked for blocked internet access for most worker just a month after I resigned. I think they have awared about this earlier…Talking abut trust, I think companies must change their criteria in hiring employees…Don’t just hiring an employee based on the skill, but also based on the behaviour. I know hard to do it, because every one will show good manner during the interview and training period.

By: Lucas McDonnell

Lucas McDonnell — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:04:50 +0000

Thanks Andrew. I absolutely agree with the (rhetorical) answer to your question — and since I wouldn’t hire someone I couldn’t trust, why should a company be any different?

By: Andrew Flusche

Andrew Flusche — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:49:33 +0000

Great analysis! Trust is the key point here. If you can’t trust your employees to do their job, why are they your employees?