Comments on: This Just In: People like Facebook and YouTube http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:54:46 -0500 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-725071 Brian Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:53:57 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/#comment-725071 It's unreasonable to expect me to actually be productively working 480 out of 480 minutes five days a week, even on my lunch break. There are few people at few jobs that don't need to take their mind of their task for a few minutes every hour to keep their mind fresh so they can come back and focus on their work again, and I think companies should understand this. I would be very annoyed with my employer of they didn't. My greater concern is the blockage of things like IM, Gmail, etc. Many web services can help you get your job done and get it done quicker. Several times this month I hopped on IRC to solve a programming problem that had me stuck. I don't know how I would have dealt with it if I wasn't allowed to talk to other people on the internet! My current workplace uses IM extensively to communicate between employees. Even though we're all in sight of each other it lets us get quick messages across without breaking each others focus or demanding attention if we're busy. If my employer blocked access to many of the valuable online services that prove helpful or even necessary in doing my job I would consider leaving because I'm not interested in poor working conditions, and inappropriate tools for the task are just that. It’s unreasonable to expect me to actually be productively working 480 out of 480 minutes five days a week, even on my lunch break. There are few people at few jobs that don’t need to take their mind of their task for a few minutes every hour to keep their mind fresh so they can come back and focus on their work again, and I think companies should understand this. I would be very annoyed with my employer of they didn’t.

My greater concern is the blockage of things like IM, Gmail, etc. Many web services can help you get your job done and get it done quicker. Several times this month I hopped on IRC to solve a programming problem that had me stuck. I don’t know how I would have dealt with it if I wasn’t allowed to talk to other people on the internet! My current workplace uses IM extensively to communicate between employees. Even though we’re all in sight of each other it lets us get quick messages across without breaking each others focus or demanding attention if we’re busy. If my employer blocked access to many of the valuable online services that prove helpful or even necessary in doing my job I would consider leaving because I’m not interested in poor working conditions, and inappropriate tools for the task are just that.

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]]> By: SwissFreek http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-724225 SwissFreek Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:24:29 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/#comment-724225 Well, I'm a Navy civilian, and here within the Navy firewall, they block MySpace, YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Flickr, pretty much anything flash video, and the list goes on. Those are just the major ones. Facebook is good to go, but it was fun watching all the Status updates when they blocked it for a day or two last month. Would I quit my job over not being able to dick around at work? Grow up. And I'm newly-turned 26 so I guess I'm outside of the 18-24 demographic, but I'm a big user of all of these services (except MySpace, blech), so yeah I find it a little annoying but I think it's pretty reasonable for my job to expect me to do... my job. Well, I’m a Navy civilian, and here within the Navy firewall, they block MySpace, YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Flickr, pretty much anything flash video, and the list goes on. Those are just the major ones. Facebook is good to go, but it was fun watching all the Status updates when they blocked it for a day or two last month.

Would I quit my job over not being able to dick around at work? Grow up. And I’m newly-turned 26 so I guess I’m outside of the 18-24 demographic, but I’m a big user of all of these services (except MySpace, blech), so yeah I find it a little annoying but I think it’s pretty reasonable for my job to expect me to do… my job.

]]> By: hawk88 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-724196 hawk88 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:55:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/#comment-724196 I don't think Facebook or YouTube is worth 12.50 an hour seeing as most jobs in my area pay around 8/hour, then again my company loves its happy workers, with very little limit on what we can and can't do, at least in the IT department. I don’t think Facebook or YouTube is worth 12.50 an hour seeing as most jobs in my area pay around 8/hour, then again my company loves its happy workers, with very little limit on what we can and can’t do, at least in the IT department.

]]> By: Whispering Smith http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-724162 Whispering Smith Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:13:58 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/05/this-just-in-people-like-facebook-and-youtube/#comment-724162 My Company in the UK blocked Facebook within a couple days of my arrival. I too was 'annoyed' at this, but drew the line at quitting my job in protest. My Company in the UK blocked Facebook within a couple days of my arrival. I too was ‘annoyed’ at this, but drew the line at quitting my job in protest.

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