Comments on: Council staff banned from Facebook http://www.stuckonseo.co.uk/council-staff-banned-from-facebook-771.html Internet marketing services Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SirBigWig http://www.stuckonseo.co.uk/council-staff-banned-from-facebook-771.html/comment-page-1#comment-149 SirBigWig Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:12:46 +0000 http://www.stuckonseo.co.uk/?p=771#comment-149 I agree there is commercial potential in facebook and other social networking sites, but this is really marginal compared with the amount of time spent on it by employees. I am sure the occasions in which council staff HAD to use facebook in order to do their job would be very few indeed. It wouldn't be appropriate to remind someone of their council tax by poking them for example. However I also agree that an out and out ban is also misconceived, not because of the potential commercial loss, but because it could cause problems with staff morale. You need time to relax during the working day, and so browsing on facebook during breaks maybe one way of unwinding. Therefore I don't think you should have to make a "case" for using it, more that it should be allowed, for a limited period during the day. I agree there is commercial potential in facebook and other social networking sites, but this is really marginal compared with the amount of time spent on it by employees.

I am sure the occasions in which council staff HAD to use facebook in order to do their job would be very few indeed. It wouldn’t be appropriate to remind someone of their council tax by poking them for example.

However I also agree that an out and out ban is also misconceived, not because of the potential commercial loss, but because it could cause problems with staff morale. You need time to relax during the working day, and so browsing on facebook during breaks maybe one way of unwinding. Therefore I don’t think you should have to make a “case” for using it, more that it should be allowed, for a limited period during the day.

]]> By: joannejacobs.net » Blog Archive » Facebook and Wasting Time http://www.stuckonseo.co.uk/council-staff-banned-from-facebook-771.html/comment-page-1#comment-145 joannejacobs.net » Blog Archive » Facebook and Wasting Time Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:49:45 +0000 http://www.stuckonseo.co.uk/?p=771#comment-145 [...] Porstmouth City Council actually recognise that Facebook use can be for business purposes, and are prepared to allow staff to use Facebook where required, including responding to issues raised on Facebook by Portsmouth Council’s own [...] [...] Porstmouth City Council actually recognise that Facebook use can be for business purposes, and are prepared to allow staff to use Facebook where required, including responding to issues raised on Facebook by Portsmouth Council’s own [...]

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