LifeHacker | IM Can Reduce Workplace Interruptions, Study Shows
It has always driven me crazy that so many workplace IT departments block various web pages deemed as harmful to productivity. My philosophy is:
- If I'm using too much bandwidth, reprimand me
- If I'm not doing my job, reprimand me
Otherwise, trust me to be an adult and do my job. Who are you to say what web sites I might need to do my job? At my previous job, we used GTalk all the time for legitimate work purposes (In addition to non-work purposes) before they blocked it. Dozens of times I've been researching a work problem and come up against a blocked website.
I spend A LOT of time on the computer. Too much, some might say. And some of it is time spent at work on non-work things. I freely admit this. But I get my job done. Sometimes, GTalk helps me do that. Sometimes some sketchy-looking forum helps me do that. Sometimes Google Documents helps me do that. And sometimes I just want to putz around on eBay for fifteen minutes to clear my head.
I think if employers started worrying more about actual employee productivity than micromanaging internet access, we'd all be a lot better off.
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Oh my goodness. I came by
Oh my goodness.
I came by to get caught up and so much has happened. I like the new look lots (sorry, mother-in-law!), congratulate you on the soon-to-be-child (knew it was coming but somehow missed that it was coming so soon!), sympathize with the bunion (run in my family too so I'm dreading the inevitable onset), and rejoice in your so-close-to 8 minute mile (I run with my right thumb up, left thumb down, which I believe is more worthy of ridicule than your two thumbs-up method), among other things.
How long have I been gone again?!
Yeah, lots of things
Yeah, lots of things happening these days. Like me being gone all weekend and not approving your comment. If I ever get a free moment, I'm going to post about the interesting weekend I just had.
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