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I do agree with you however that you shouldn’t be on Facebook when you are supposed to be working. I just think that it is possible to check your account during your work day on a paid break, because I have been able to do so.

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1) You are paid to be at work to do work. To do things your employer needs done. Your mere physical presence in the chair, does not justify your paycheque.

2) I wonder how many banks, insurance companies, and car companies who nearly went under lately, and are living off the taxpayer, had hi-level employees who spent too much time, golfing, twittering, blogging, facebooking, and sending cute emails to each other to do their actual jobs….???

One wonders, this may be how Uncle Bernie Madoff got away with it. While the regulators were “twittering” like little birds, he was eating the “golden eggs” like a snake in the grass…

3) I cannot see how one can do personal email, twitter, facebook, blog, use the washroom, and STIll eat lunch… all at the same time, over lunch-time.

And I also wonder: I have worked at many places in my life, and 1/2 hour for lunch was the norm. There are a lot of people with cushy 1 hour lunches in this site… Could some one please educate me?

And yes, I am 53, and a workaholic. Sigh. And yes, I have on occasion, checked my personal email over lunch, but only when expecting something VIP.

And sadly, I know of one workplace, where an other wise good, loyal, team player, and decent employee, was just recently fired over being on the net too much….

It was ok at first, but over time the habit grew, and grew… until the employer sarcastically said something along the lines of: “When you come in to work, along with all your personal internet use, via the company’s internet, might you find the time to do a little bit of the work I pay you to do?” This led to a fight, and in the process the words “You’re fired!” were spoken. No, I was not there that day. Something tells me I was lucky to be legitimately out of the office that day!

I can see SOME legitimate use of all these various sites and “tools” (I use the word losely, here)… but the time management issue still worries me.

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If, and most likely by law, when working for somebody-else, that somebody-else has all your personal information entered in the accounting section of their business – birth date, SIN, address, bank account(for direct depositing your so”urned” wages in your bank account) and so much more ( a blessed and soooo wanted for every hacker information). Therefore, by using business/office Internet and downloading files from unauthorized/trusted sites, harms and not only, but jeopardises the security of your and your co-workers personal information, not only the business you are employed at.
There are serious consequences to your actions. How people can be soooooo stupid and abuse the trust that is given to them?
Is that not big enough reason to be fired?

As long as we have a work place with a steady and secured by Canadian Laws income, why not be at least loyal to our employers.?

P.S.// then wonder why some people can not find a job and the unemployment percentage is sooo high……

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It would be interesting to know what time people are accessing Facebook… because I know that I will check photos, or check my messages during my lunch hour (which is still technically at work) and sometimes right before I leave for the day… if this is counted into the study, it’s not like people were actually taking away from the overall productivity for the day, they were legitimately on a paid break.

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