You must have fantastic employees. Ours are far from that. When they did have access to every website on earth and could play music on their PCs, they didn't reciprocate with utter devotion. When we did block Facebook, I had customer service advisors phoning up at 8.05 asking why they couldn't get on it. When I did an audit of our file servers, I found 85% of our storage space was cluttered with mp3s, wedding photos, photos of their friends, joke programs, etc. I hate to think how much of our email storage is also full of non-work-related crap.
our productivity is up massively since we went with thin clients, web filters, disk quotas and the like. We still allow quota time for Internet access to shopping and entertainment sites, etc. The environment is much more secure. A few weeks ago an unregulated internet cafe went in at one of our remote sites. The machines are now full of porn, so I have been tasked to secure the place and replace the PCs with thin clients. However, it is always different at different places - do you have any vacancies? :-) 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze <[email protected]> > >>>>Unless you like paying people to work on there Facebook page and talk > with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to be > doing and getting paid for. > > [With all due respect / not trying to start an argument here, I am just > passionate about this subject, and well, kinda enjoy it. The point is very > valid, and I can see it's place at many organizations. But not across the > boards...] > > Yeah, actually WE don't mind paying people to these things. Like I said > before, our employees will bend over backwards for our company, 24/7/365. > We have a very grey line between company time and personal time. The thing > is, we have a dedicated work force that is more than happy to compromise > their personal time after hours and help the company if needed. Whether > they are at home after hours, on vaca, etc. Therefore, I feel a need to > reciprocate the same treatment back to them during business hours. > > Treat your employees like humans, and they will give you amazing results. > Personal lives should NEVER go on hold. Alienate your employees with > robotic mandates (In this context: Facebook filters), and they will quit > giving you 110%. > > iTunes on all machines, make your personal appointments on company time, > 8am sharp does not exist... I could go on, and it's besides the point. > Yeah, the perks here are great, but the way our workforce is whole heartily > devoted to our company is priceless. These guys are great, and will do > anything for us. It's not through chance or luck that we have great > employees, it derives from the way we treat them. > > -Sam > ------------------------------ > *From:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:13 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters? > > Hold on, I'll answer you after I'm done updating my Twitter. > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think not, >> >> >> >> Facebook is personal stuff not to be done on company time. Unless you like >> paying people to work on there facebook page and talk with there friends, >> etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to be doing and getting paid >> for. >> >> >> >> Z >> >> >> >> Edward Ziots >> >> Network Engineer >> >> Lifespan Organization >> >> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + >> >> [email protected] >> >> Phone:401-639-3505 >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:55 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Time to relax content filters? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
