It's a sad day
So apparently the Ontario government has decided that their workers are not spending enough time on WORK, and too much time of Facebook.. so.. they have fire walled it officially today.
Sad, sad day. :(
On the one hand the world says "open your arms to everyone, be everyone's friend, communicate, communicate COMMUNICATE and use the web to keep in touch with everyone" and on the other hand it says "you can only use the internet at home, god forbid you take your 15 minute break and 30 min lunch and spend it doing something on the company computer".
Now.. don't get me wrong.. I agree that using the company time/money/equipment too much is a major no-no.. but let's be honest here, how many of us have spent an hour surfing the net for nothing in particular, just to kill some time cause its a slow day at work? Who honeslty sits at their desk, "salivating" while waiting for the phone to ring and it be your boss with the NEXT BIG PROJECT.
I don't .. I work when I have work to do.
My point is this: if you want employees to be motivated to come to their jobs, give them something to break up thier time with. 80% of the world has some form of A.D.D I'm sure.. just look at any generation younger than 35 and you'll see their lack of attention span, the need for action on tv/movies, the constant checking of e-mail, cell phones and text messages, voicemail... why cut them off from that?
I say all this a little (let me stress a LITTLE) tongue in cheek.. cause really I have Livejiournal to fill my voids now.. so until they figure out I'm using this.. I'll just be here more often! :P
There is ALWAYS a loophole!!
MUUAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
*ahem*
I mean..
Ok.. back to work
Sad, sad day. :(
On the one hand the world says "open your arms to everyone, be everyone's friend, communicate, communicate COMMUNICATE and use the web to keep in touch with everyone" and on the other hand it says "you can only use the internet at home, god forbid you take your 15 minute break and 30 min lunch and spend it doing something on the company computer".
Now.. don't get me wrong.. I agree that using the company time/money/equipment too much is a major no-no.. but let's be honest here, how many of us have spent an hour surfing the net for nothing in particular, just to kill some time cause its a slow day at work? Who honeslty sits at their desk, "salivating" while waiting for the phone to ring and it be your boss with the NEXT BIG PROJECT.
I don't .. I work when I have work to do.
My point is this: if you want employees to be motivated to come to their jobs, give them something to break up thier time with. 80% of the world has some form of A.D.D I'm sure.. just look at any generation younger than 35 and you'll see their lack of attention span, the need for action on tv/movies, the constant checking of e-mail, cell phones and text messages, voicemail... why cut them off from that?
I say all this a little (let me stress a LITTLE) tongue in cheek.. cause really I have Livejiournal to fill my voids now.. so until they figure out I'm using this.. I'll just be here more often! :P
There is ALWAYS a loophole!!
MUUAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
*ahem*
I mean..
Ok.. back to work