Re: [FCP-L] OT: Social media at work... ban it or embrace it?

On Nov 20, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Tod Hopkins wrote:

> I'm curious why it bothers you that others are closing things when you
> come by. Do you have no desire for privacy? Do you never do anything
> at work you'd rather others did not see? Maybe I was doing my
> periodic, 60-second check of Facebook when you walked in, but I don't
> want you (my supervisor) to think I've been looking at Facebook all
> day, so I close it quickly. Duh.

Duh?

Hardly.

There's nothing private about the office. It's a shared space, and as
others have said so nicely, you're exchanging your time for my money.
The amount of privacy you think you have is an illusion.

If you're quickly closing out a screen I can only assume it's
something you think I wouldn't be happy to see.

The way we try to have it work at our office - I see you're at
Facebook but I don't have to read the screen to know what you're
doing. I'm not invading your privacy. And you're being honest about
how you're spending your time. We rarely say anything unless we *know*
you're neglecting your duties as result of the surfing.

Look - I've been in meetings where an employee's cell phone rings and
they tell me to hold on while they answer a friend's call about dinner
later that night. Hello? Voicemail, people.

I say - feel free to surf. But if you feel you have to hide then you
shouldn't have been doing it. And if it seems every time I walk in on
you I see you on Facebook, maybe you are, in fact, on Facebook too much.

- pi

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