September 4, 2007
Guru has rather enjoyed the recent debate questioning whether employers should ban Facebook in offices up and down the land. It brings a certain sense of deja vu and makes him feel even wiser than he already knows he is.
It reminds him of numerous other dilemmas that have engulfed the workplace since computers were introduced. Personal emails, online shopping, 'web chats', why, even Minesweeper and Solitaire have been known to distract otherwise diligent employees from business-critical tasks.
While policies clearly have a pivotal place in human resources, Yours Truly would like to invite disciples to help him compile a universal "Taking-the-piss" policy, which can by brandished to combat any current – and future situation – where an employee oversteps the mark doing things at work that aren't work.
Suggestion must be no more than 50 words.
A story from the indisputable NewsBiscuit.com illustrates precisely how such employee censorship could soon get out of hand. Bradley Chambers, a 24-year-old Facebook employee was sacked "when he was discovered by his boss to be using the office computer for office-related matters", namely Microsoft Excel.
Guru is now concerned he might be spending too much time on PersonnelToday.com.
