What Blogs Cost American Business

AD AGE ^ | 10/25/05 | Bradley Johnson

[LauraleeBraswell]

Let's ban blogs and while we're at it computer Solitaire.

[Eagles Talon IV]

Pretty dumb article as far as I'm concerned. Blaming blogs for lost production in the workplace is no different then blaming a gun for a murder.

[PeteB570]

Well, I admit I spend way to much time on this site during working hours.

But since I am self employed I consider this as break time.

Better then going out for a smoke.

[vetvetdoug]

It looks like to me that Newspapers, especially the LA Times, cost business time, money and intelligence. With all of the false reporting from the NY Times and LA Times the time is wasted reading those rags.

[Racehorse]

Pretty dumb article as far as I'm concerned. Blaming blogs . . .

I think editors in search of easy fillers update the cost-to-business goofing off to reflect whatever happens to be the latest and greatest interest.  Before the internet, the big waste in employee time was playing computer games. Then with the internet came sending and reading personal email, then surfing forbidden web sites, then . . .

[cornelis]

The old world jacks telling us again that all human beings are good for is work.

[badpacifist]

My wife said it was shopping on line that was the problem her coworkers have. In what I do there are no computers but the homeowners tell me porn is a big problem in corporate jobs, not blogs. There was a story I heard the other day where this guy was fired even after being repeatably warned by the computer guy for the company.

[reformedliberal]

It's from Ad Age....maybe I am too suspicious, but ad revenues are down for all print media. Bet they would not do such a study if workers were reading Time or the NYT.

JMO

[CFW]

FR is not a blog, so I'm okay.

[saveliberty]

So, let's see. No problem for reading traditional outlets on the web, like the fake but accurate news agency. But when there's an interest in getting another perspective, it's a waste of time in the author's view.

How about blog reading as being proactive rather than passibe about gathering information?

How about blog reading as an expression of not taking no for an answer?

I dunno. These traits sound like someone who is going to be an asset to a company.

PS Where is mr author on the topic of MSM wasting the viewers/readers' time for the useless drivel that they try to feed us?

It sounds as though the writer has a grudge against blogs.

[Lazamataz]

• Work time spent reading and posting to blogs this year will consume 2.2% of U.S. labor force hours.
• Work time spent at blogs unrelated to work will eat up 1.65% of labor force hours.

Small sacrifice for a happy employee. Personally, I simply cannot be "on" all day. I need downtime.

[Maceman]

Work expands to fill the time you have to complete it. Sp I doubt that 3.5 hours of blogging per week will even be felt.

[Lazamataz]

Translate?

[xcamel]

lol - driving to and from work takes 3 times that on average - I guess we need factory towns again.

[Dallas59]

Yeah...if an employee is spending 3 hours on the internet there's a problem...But if you produce a crappy product or people ain't buying it because thay have to spend that cash on energy...don't blame the employee.

[starfish923]

Blogs are considered a waste of time.
What's a waste of time is network T.V.

[cornelis]

The proletariat has nothing to lose but their chains
They have a world to win
Proletariat from every land, unite!

[Ol' Sox]

"Workers have nothing to lose but their chains. They must win the world. Workers of all lands, join together!"

[Jhensy]

Oh yeah, we Americans need to work longer and harder.

What are my kids' names again?