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Study Shows Social Networking At Work Is Good

Posted by samzenpus on from the play-more-mob-wars dept.

Ostracus writes "Companies should not dismiss staff who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo at work as merely time-wasters, a Demos study suggests. Attempts to control employees' use of such software could damage firms in the long run by limiting the way staff communicate, the think tank said."

5 of 94 comments (clear)

  1. Re:At least by AshtangiMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, slashdot counts right? I need to change my timecards.

  2. Re:At least by martinw89 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...social networks encourage multitasking(and help us enjoy our coffee high)...

    Bullshit. Get back to work!

    ...by keeping us busy while the code is compiling...

    Oh, carry on then.

  3. Re:At least by Andr+T. · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think real work could be done in the downtimes of the social networks. "Man, Facebook is down, I'll try to kill that bug now."

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  4. Re:At least by jonaskoelker · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're doing it wrong! http://xkcd.com/303/

  5. Re:At least by Mozk · · Score: 2, Funny

    I steal LCDs while my code is compiling.

    (Reference for the stupids. Mouseover the comic.)

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