Saswata Banerjee wrote:
Rony wrote:
Saswata Banerjee wrote:
Rony wrote:
Saswata Banerjee wrote:
Actually, potential employers will probably be looking at his being a LinkedIn member as a proof of how good, proactive he is and give him a job which you would not get as you are not connected enough (I assume you are not on linkedin........)
Guys who are well connected by phone, mobile and internet are a general nuisance and a security hazard for the computer systems, especially doze. They spend more time staying connected than doing any serious work. I have seen such guys in different offices.
That is a stupid statement. Not something i expected from Rony. When i am in office, I am connected to internet all the time. To Facebook, Linkedin, Network2Connect, ecademy...... When i am out of office, out of town, I stay connected on data card, gprs, cdma phone, etc as i need to be connected. The only time i stay off is when I have work to do, or in an important meeting or discussion.
You are the boss but what about your employees.
A reasonable amount of internet usage is allowed for all employees, and encouraged for managers. But anyone found to be misusing it will be in problem.
Are you paying them for using your company time and resources to network with their friends and relatives?
Social Network is not only for friends and relatives. It is also an important element of business. Even emails are used by people to send jokes to friends. Do you stop emails ?
In your case it may be necessary for your employees to network on the net but otherwise it is misused many a times once the boss is not around or looking. As a computer doctor, I get to see different types of usage and problems related to it. The problem gets compounded if different people work on the same machine. They blame each other.
Many companies do not allow net access to all. There is a guy I know who works for an International Computer brand and the laptops provided to them by the company are secured from the CMOS level and they cannot go to any other site except the company's VPN.
I have to deal with such guys practically every few days when they complain of viruses and spyware. All because their employers do not follow and implement proper office discipline
Our employees are sensitised about risk of virus and malware. They are told not to download any software, widgets, etc. Ofcourse, having a linux environment makes it easier for us. but even at our client offices, where they have a windoes environment, virus probems have not taken place in the last 12 months or so.
They must be enforcing strict rules for net usage.
Giving people internet access for the entire day and having them stay connected is not, in any way, making it more risky for the company
It is risky at least for doze machines, unless the company has some strong filters setup for the net content.