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Employers disagree over Facebook use and misuse

The popularity of facebook had caused quite a stir to companies whose employees are logging in to facebook regularly. Some companies ban staff access to facebook because it decreases their productiviy and causes down time and also could cause a risk to information that are confidential.

While some companies ban the access to facebook, there are some that choose to embrace this new online phenomenon. One of these companies is Flight Centre that sees facebook to be quite useful with customer’s consultations. The adoption of Flight Centre came as a surprise to many, including workplace efficient consultant Ms Kathryn Anda.

Ms. Anda believes that employees don’t log in to facebook for work purposes but merely for socializing.

A study by Surfcontrol, an internet filtering company, has found that facebook cost employers a $5 a year lost of productivity in Australia.

Richard Cullen, a spokesman of surfcontrol, said that people spends a lot of time on facebook because it’s highly addictive and instantaneous.

Facebook is a social tool and is used for social activity which is why most companies like Channel Seven, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ban it completely.

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