Posted on 09/27/2006 12:46:03 PM PDT by kenn5
Not a problem if you are the IT dept.
Who Shall Guard The Guards?
>>>Everyone who calculates how much labor is wasted by folks spending time on the web assumes every minute would otherwise be productive. It ain't so for most of us corporate drones. >>>
I agree. Sometimes the surfing helps me keep focused (if that makes sense) in my ADD way. I work, and flip to browse and I promise I would go NUTS if my entire day was filled with insurance. I would most likely turn in my notice and be of NO value. I think maybe the one hour a day I browse the net should just be considered a 'bonus' of my employment'. How does that sound? LOL
Easy answer:
Bring your laptop to work and if you have access to a wireless connection which is outside the purview of the corporate network, you're in (back in) like Flint.
As this is bought by employers, the U.S. unemployment rate will sky rocket.
People need brain-breaks. It helps to get away from the desk, the normal routine, or whatever. That's why office naps really aren't a bad idea, even if they are only 15 minutes. Even if a person is on the computer all day an internet "break" is still just that, it's a change of brain use.
The more rejuvanation, the better the productivity. Now tell that to the people you work for. ;)
Wireless web access is the answer to this threat! Then we won't need their stinking networks.
all I ever do is look for nice gifts for my boss and his family, things I can only afford to buy online because my wage is so low
;-)
Use other people's machines when they're away from their desks.
BTW, my immediate supervisor is ok with minor browsing, as long as work doesn't lag. But she is just as cubicle bound as the rest of us.
The only ones who have a problem with it are the big wigs who spend about a 1/3 of their week on the golf course or on corporate 'lunches'.
So they feel free to crack that whip. When I was a supervisor at my previous job, I realized that you can't consume someone for 8 straight hours when they are expected to be productive (creative/mental). They will burn out quick. It's one thing to do an assembly line job, but to expect people to use their brain ALL THE TIME, I don't know if anyone could handle it for long.
>>>As this is bought by employers, the U.S. unemployment rate will sky rocket.>>>
LOL, that'll teach em!
Send this to her. Cubism
Bummer.
The irony is that most people can only produce about one hour of real work a day, if they are young and attentive. They cannot be forced, bribed, or motivated to do more. They just *can't*. It is not sustainable for more than a week or two at most.
And even when you get someone who tries to force their own productivity, no one else in the system can deal with their increased production, so it log jams, and the end result is that the slowest person in the chain will dictate productivity.
Into this situation are people who are utterly convinced that they *can* get vast amounts of work out of other people, *and* that it will be productive work, not just busy work. Such people are as addicted to that idea as much as those who play the lottery are addicted to that game. And with less chance of success.
I got to experience the apex of productivity in a disciplined office, and indeed it was highly effective, but utterly repulsive to the business system. Employees were instructed to stay away and take care of family business unless they were "feeling productive", based on their own opinion. When they were at work they were left strictly alone.
Employees came and left at odd hours, sometimes very early in the morning or late at night, and even on weekends. They usually stayed for an hour or less, but were at their peak productivity during that undisturbed time.
In short order, six months of management backlog had been turned into six months of advance planning, almost a year of work in just a month.
We were ordered to discontinue the programme, as the extra work had both created an administrative nightmare at our higher headquarters, and it made other branches look sluggish.
As a reward, we were all required to be in the office during regular office hours, be interfered with by others, shuffle useless memos and such. The system was restored to balance, and we spent the next six months productively doing nothing productive, until we were back on a push schedule.
These folks haven't come over to the darkside ... addiction to FR guarantees at least a 4 hour a day habit.
This monitoring has been happening for a very long time at least since I worked in IT in 1997. I used to know all about the internal workings and would 'off hand' warn just about everyone whose path I crossed to watch their butts when it came to email and web activity. I was in a position where they knew I wasn't making this up.
My heart went out to many of the people as even though I too was a very hard, productive worker, there were times I needed a mental break and would naturally go up on the Internet or email friends (instead of to the break room or take a walk). This did not screw with my productivity.
Yet some people spent their whole morning up on the web as well as much as their afternoon and needed to have their ass fired. They were too. I did feel though that all of these people needed to know they were monitored and then at least they could make their own decisions.
:-) and that is for just the 'normies' or addiction light crowd.
I use other people's computers whether they are at their desk or not, from my desk, and even when I'm at home. Of course I'm the network admin lol.
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