With a culture of "no-fault" issue tracking, I believe that we document patterns of behavior that isolate people like that. I have worked at too many places that punish post with the abuses of production and pre-production staff. By laying out expectations beforehand to ALL individuals involved in the productionline (including writers) and tracking results, over time you see who is not living up to their commitments.
No exceptions - deadlines and results involving me are also tracked. It feels like big brother at first but when everyone benefits from increases in productivity and living up to your commitments, you get buy-in. Or people leave.
And that's fine too.
John McClary
--- On Thu, 11/19/09, Andy Edwards <aedigitaltv@mac.com> wrote:
> From: Andy Edwards <aedigitaltv@mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [FCP-L] OT: Social media at work... ban it or embrace it?
> To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 10:30 AM
> It is great to have FB to get
> caught up with old high school
> friends, but there is a time and a place for that. If you
> have a smart
> phone, and work in a bigger operation that "monitors" the
> network, I'd
> suggest keeping your Social Media postings on that device
> vs. using
> the company laptop or network. You never know what
> will come back in
> the future. I've worked with a couple producers and
> associate
> producers that seem to live on FB on a daily basis. When
> the show
> deadline gets close and they are scrambling, I just say,
> "shouldn't
> have been on FB all day should ya!" I get the job
> done, but it really
> pisses me off that their Social Media habits become my
> emergency due
> to their lack of professionalism. We all need a break
> every once in a
> while, but there has to be a balance and true understanding
> of the
> deadline. Don't come to me with a late script because you
> couldn't get
> your butt off Farmville or Mafia Wars.
>
> Andy Edwards
>
> On Nov 19, 2009, at 7:25 AM, Mark wrote:
>
> > Thanks all for your opinions and suggestions (Great
> references, Jim).
> >
> > I'm not going to flip the switch without discussion,
> but I wanted to
> > hear from this community how the issue is handled
> elsewhere.
> > Something tells me that this won't be
> > the last time this issue pops up.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > --- In FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com,
> John McClary <johnnyq_@...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree, the one question is always - did the
> work get done in the
> > time allotted? If that is happening then they are
> keeping up their
> > part of the agreement. Production SCHEDULING is what
> determines
> > people's productivity, not whether they use social
> media. We discuss
> > projects beforehand and have intolerant deadlines.
> > >
> > > Bottom line, you work with creatives. We give
> intense
> > concentration when the heat is on but need periodic
> distractions to
> > keep from melting down. Don't punish someone for being
> fast to
> > finish - just because people are doing other things as
> well as work
> > doesn't mean they're stealing from you.
> > >
> > > Here we have open internet access but no
> tolerance for things that
> > may compromise the network or workstation such as P2P
> or downloading/
> > installing any files/applications (including
> non-approved "codecs")
> > for ANYTHING. Email is bad enough....
> > >
> > > John McClary
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 11/19/09, studiodave
> <studiodave@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: studiodave <studiodave@...>
> > > > Subject: Re: [FCP-L] OT: Social media at
> work... ban it or
> > embrace it?
> > > > To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 12:07 AM
> > > > Back when I used to work for someone
> > > > we had limited honer system.
> > > > You cold do just about anything except,
> share files, ptp
> > > > was blocked
> > > > and it was your honer and perhaps fear that
> you would not
> > > > surf porn
> > > > sites.
> > > > These two things would put the company at
> liability,
> > > > ptp = illegal file sharing
> > > > Porn = Sexual harassment
> > > > Get caught, get the boot.
> > > > This of course was as long as you got your
> work done.
> > > > We would even have daily "Unreal
> Tournaments" going on
> > > > during the day
> > > > for those on break.
> > > >
> > > > You would have to evaluate the loss, if any,
> of actual work
> > > > being done
> > > > by having your employees communicate or not
> communicate.
> > > > Both ways can have losses.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > studiodave
> > > > David Wilson
> > > > 626 303-6275
> > > > S. I. Studio
> > > > www.sistudio.net
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Mark wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I can't walk through the office without
> hearing
> > > > "click", "click",
> > > > > "Click" as people hide Facebook, IM
> screens, personal
> > > > emails or
> > > > > whatever. I'm all for personal freedoms
> and
> > > > > treating everyone like responsible
> adults, but at what
> > > > point do you
> > > > > say, "Enough!" ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Our current policy is open internet for
> everyone, but
> > > > I've been
> > > > > seeing enough evidence to make me
> seriously consider
> > > > limiting
> > > > > access. I'm curious what kind of
> policies most people
> > > > have
> > > > > encountered out there. Open access? No
> access? Limited
> > > > access?
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
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