Private use of social media in the office is difficult to contain: survey on Facebook, Twitter & co. at work {Trend! study}

The subject of social media Office always heats up the spirits: no wonder, it is in many Companys not at all clearwhether Facebook and Twitter are to be considered as leisure activities or as a job-related information channel. Many companies are therefore dealing with the question: How much social media are they allowed to use? Employees?

What do the employees say?

Robindro Ullah has in the Interview reportedhow Deutsche Bahn handles it. But how do the employees see it? A survey by the Austrian Online-Jobportals karriere.at wants to provide information.

562 Employees and 141 Employers from Austria were surveyed - via online voting, which is why the results are not to be considered as unbreakable. After all - the survey gives an insight.

Everything in the office

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Almost one in four of the employees surveyed (23 percent) even said: "I always do that in the office." Together with the 32 percent who “sometimes” use their working hours for private online activities, 55 percent also use their working hours for private activities.

After all, seven percent of the employees stated that they "rarely" ignore the prohibitions of their superiors and still use the company PC for personal errands. 37 percent of the employees are firmly convinced that home and work have their place at work - and also adhere to this principle.

Tolerant entrepreneurs

The entrepreneurs surveyed are relatively tolerant with the working hours of their employees: According to the survey results, every second employer (49 percent) tolerates their employees working on the Workplace do private things - as long as they get the job done.

One in five (20 percent) presses in Eye to when the service users look forward to checking their Private-Limit emails. However, according to their own statements, 22 percent of employers are strict about private surfing in the office: they have an absolute ban on Facebook and Co. Every tenth company boss (10 percent) states that only selected “private pages” in their companyNetwork allowed are.

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Like Robindro Ullah of the German train or Uwe Knaus Daimler also sees Jürgen Smid, CEO of karriere.at, bans critically.

“The survey results show what the reality is like in everyday office life. And since the majority of workers now have smartphones with internet access, employer bans on social networks and free email providers are becoming increasingly toothless.” Smid considers it more effective if the company management works together with the employees Regulate defines how the topic of social media is dealt with in particular:

“The external perception of companies is increasingly being defined by social media, i.e. also by the 'word of mouth' of their own employees on the social web. This takes place in any case, even if relevant sites are blocked at the workplace. Our product to companies is therefore: Dedicate yourself proactively to the topic of social media and ideally define so-called guidelines. In other words, a guide that shows in clear sentences how company employees communicate about the company on the social web. Such guidelines should also include a paragraph that regulates the private use of social networks during working hours.”

All survey results:

Employees (562 participants): private emails, Facebook, E-banking: do you do this in the office?

• Always. This takes only a few minutes daily: 23 percent
• Sometimes. If I do not have time at home: 32 percent
• Rare. My boss does not tolerate this: 7 percent
• Never. I can do private things at home: 37 percent.

Employer (141 participants): private emails, Facebook, E-banking: What are your employees allowed to do?

• Everything. As long as you do your job: 49 percent
• Checking private e-mails is ok. But not more: 20 percent
• Selected private pages are allowed: 10 percent
• uniebook and Co. are taboo in my company: 22 percent

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