I have had few managers that I would trust to make a good decision about work related things, let alone to judge what my profile on myspace/facebook or my blog says about me as a worker.
I read this article about computer use in the workplace. The only ones I would consider firing any one over are nos. 2 and 3. Why? Well those are the only two that deal with not working when they are supposed to be. I doubt I would go so far as firing on the first offense. I can understand if it is a consistent thing and production is lagging. I for one know that sometimes the best workers don't need to be working all the time to be productive.
I also don't like no. 4 on the list. I believe that life is not work. If you accomplish what needs to be accomplish at work, then what you do at home or wherever your own business. Just because you can monitor someone all the time doesn't mean you should. So says me.
This article reminds me of how much I don't want to be a worker bee. It disgusts me to think how most people have to go through such meaningless song-and-dance routines to 'win' a job over the 'competition'.
Articles like those, and the babble spewed forth by my professors makes me want to live with the Mek
i partially agree a manager doesn't need to be looking at your myspace or facebook and such, it just depends on the productivity of the worker, as you kind of mentioned. if the worker isn't producing like he should, fire him. if he is doing what he should then keep him, even if he is posting stuff on myspace talking about how he isn't working. His work and productivity should be the final arbiter.
ReplyDeleteas far as your paragraph 3 about life is not work, I adamently disagree. Work, produtive work, is life and is noble. Doing something that betters your life and makes you happy is the most noble thing a man can do. Whether that is working for someone else in a career he enjoys or running his own business. As far as an employer looking at what someone does on personal time that is up to the employer, if the employee doesn't like it, don't work there.
and the last paragraph where you talk about how much you don't want to be a worker bee, thats fine. As long as you are blaming the right person, the employee or the potential employee. For it is their choice to try and work for this employer and 'go through such meaningless song-and-dance routines to win a job over the competition.' An employers job is to find the best talent he can find to better his business. if a person doesn't want to go through that 'song-and-dance' then don't.