Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook

mimo2005 · 04-16-2008, 01:13 AM

Almost half of those who use MySpace and Facebook during work hours say they would refuse a job where they were not allowed access to social networking sites

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...005961,00.html

**DonaldG** · 04-16-2008, 04:32 AM

As an ex employer, I would be furious if I found my staff wasting the time that I PAY them to WORK for me!

2 warnings then out! PERIOD!

**MunkyPhil** · 04-16-2008, 04:38 AM

What sad little lives some people lead. There's more important things in life than pretending you have friends. Isn't there?

l_b_rex · 04-16-2008, 05:19 AM

In London Canada they just banned mp3 players and ipods and cell phones from high schiolls and elementry schools and kids these days are friggin winers!
Spoiled brats, just like those in this post.

Garryson01 · 04-16-2008, 05:23 AM

ain't we just as bad as those people who waste their days on facebook and myspace by coming on here during work hours?

**DonaldG** · 04-16-2008, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garryson01

ain't we just as bad as those people who waste their days on facebook and myspace by coming on here during work hours?

We? Not everybody here is in the 'we' category.

I am retired & my time is my own.

I find TSF not only educational but fun too - It helps in relaxation time between dodging my wife (who always has tasks for me) & JtP (who wants to know why I haven writen another 5000 word article)

**sobeit** · 04-16-2008, 07:03 AM

at least here in the states if they refused a job, they are supposed to lose their unemployment benefits - if they are currently unemployed.

**Rhort** · 04-16-2008, 07:34 AM

DonaldG: "As an ex employer, I would be furious if I found my staff wasting the time that I PAY them to WORK for me!"

I wholeheartedly agree; and I'm NOT an employer. Does my head in to see people sitting around wasting time whilst their colleagues are running around like blue-@r5ed flies. I work on the basis that I start at nine, finish at five, and the rest of the time is my own - I never work later than five (I feel if I regularly had to, it's either because I'm rubbish at my job, or chronically overworked), but I think that means my boss is perfectly within their rights to assume I'll do what I'm paid to do in the interim.

MunkyPhil: "What sad little lives some people lead. There's more important things in life than pretending you have friends. Isn't there?"

Nail > > > Head!

I love it when someone goes on about how many squillions of friends they have on FaceBook; saves me the trouble of having to work out whether they're a muppet or not

l_b_rex: "In London Canada they just banned mp3 players and ipods and cell phones from high schiolls and elementry schools and kids these days are friggin winers!
Spoiled brats, just like those in this post."

Couldn't take ANYTHING like that into school when I was a kid; would have been confiscated and mailed back to your parents at their cost with a reminder on what was permitted to be brought to school and under what conditions.

Garryson01: "ain't we just as bad as those people who waste their days on facebook and myspace by coming on here during work hours?"

Yup!

sobeit: "at least here in the states if they refused a job, they are supposed to lose their unemployment benefits - if they are currently unemployed."

Same here in the UK (and Australia, I believe). The tough part is proving the reasons for turning a job down; some scroungers are VERY creative

dxj · 04-16-2008, 10:06 AM

Oh, I didn't know people over here [The UK] lost JSA if they refused a job, nice thing to know really. shows you government doesn't just give hand outs to all the lazy people like i thought.

**WereBo** · 04-16-2008, 02:08 PM

Here in the UK, you can refuse a job, for legitimate reasons, without losing the benefits - overly long travelling time - to and from work, salary waaaay to low to exist on etc.

ebackhus · 04-16-2008, 03:07 PM

Stupid things like Facebook and MySpace should in no way determine how good a job is.

**sobeit** · 04-16-2008, 03:29 PM

maybe if job searchers are looking for places that will allow you time on facebook and myspace, maybe those should be considered benefits and should be taxed as such based how much time they are spending in those sites and what they are costing the company they are working for.

JohnthePilot · 04-16-2008, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonaldG

I find TSF not only educational but fun too - It helps in relaxation time between dodging my wife (who always has tasks for me) & JtP (who wants to know why I haven writen another 5000 word article)

So what are you doing posting in here.

**DonaldG** · 04-16-2008, 05:14 PM

Looking for inspiration and...er...Sorry John, the phone is ringing...(exit stage left, fast....)

**karusho** · 04-17-2008, 12:07 AM

I believe that Facebook and MySpace should count towards lunch 'hour'. If they spend four hours on Facebook, they can skip lunch for four days. After all, they can use them during their lunch break anyway...

ebackhus · 04-17-2008, 10:24 AM

Where I work they are blocked outright. Since each staff member has a unique logon to a specific domain they can't access those sites. that's just fine by me because MySpace is ALWAYS causing trouble for our public use computers.

04-16-2008, 01:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
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DonaldG Mentor Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 6,812 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook As an ex employer, I would be furious if I found my staff wasting the time that I PAY them to WORK for me! 2 warnings then out! PERIOD! __________________ Submit New Articles Join the TSF Team for the Folding@Home Project. I did! Enter TSF Team number 85015 Last edited by DonaldG : 04-16-2008 at 04:34 AM.

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MunkyPhil Mentor Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 1,127 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook What sad little lives some people lead. There's more important things in life than pretending you have friends. Isn't there? __________________ "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." - J. Robert Oppenheimer, July 16th 1945. CPU-z -- Memtest -- Speedfan -- Prime95 -- SandraLite Important Power Supply Info -- Applying Thermal Paste -- Posting System Specs

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l_b_rex Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 397 OS: xp sp2	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook In London Canada they just banned mp3 players and ipods and cell phones from high schiolls and elementry schools and kids these days are friggin winers! Spoiled brats, just like those in this post.

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Garryson01 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hinckley, UK Posts: 295 OS: XP SP 2, Vista SP1	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook ain't we just as bad as those people who waste their days on facebook and myspace by coming on here during work hours? __________________ Russell Bates Network Administrator, ATI Garryson, Ibstock, Leicestershire

04-16-2008, 07:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
sobeit Mentor Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 3,763 OS: windows/linux	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook at least here in the states if they refused a job, they are supposed to lose their unemployment benefits - if they are currently unemployed. __________________ Do not feed the trolls.

04-16-2008, 07:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
Rhort Waster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 654 OS: XP SP1	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook DonaldG: "As an ex employer, I would be furious if I found my staff wasting the time that I PAY them to WORK for me!" I wholeheartedly agree; and I'm NOT an employer. Does my head in to see people sitting around wasting time whilst their colleagues are running around like blue-@r5ed flies. I work on the basis that I start at nine, finish at five, and the rest of the time is my own - I never work later than five (I feel if I regularly had to, it's either because I'm rubbish at my job, or chronically overworked), but I think that means my boss is perfectly within their rights to assume I'll do what I'm paid to do in the interim. MunkyPhil: "What sad little lives some people lead. There's more important things in life than pretending you have friends. Isn't there?" Nail > > > Head! I love it when someone goes on about how many squillions of friends they have on FaceBook; saves me the trouble of having to work out whether they're a muppet or not l_b_rex: "In London Canada they just banned mp3 players and ipods and cell phones from high schiolls and elementry schools and kids these days are friggin winers! Spoiled brats, just like those in this post." Couldn't take ANYTHING like that into school when I was a kid; would have been confiscated and mailed back to your parents at their cost with a reminder on what was permitted to be brought to school and under what conditions. Garryson01: "ain't we just as bad as those people who waste their days on facebook and myspace by coming on here during work hours?" Yup! sobeit: "at least here in the states if they refused a job, they are supposed to lose their unemployment benefits - if they are currently unemployed." Same here in the UK (and Australia, I believe). The tough part is proving the reasons for turning a job down; some scroungers are VERY creative

04-16-2008, 10:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
dxj Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 242 OS: XP Pro, Mac OS X	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook Oh, I didn't know people over here [The UK] lost JSA if they refused a job, nice thing to know really. shows you government doesn't just give hand outs to all the lazy people like i thought.

04-16-2008, 02:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 3,194 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook Here in the UK, you can refuse a job, for legitimate reasons, without losing the benefits - overly long travelling time - to and from work, salary waaaay to low to exist on etc. __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Ketchup...

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ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,378 OS: WinXP Pro SP2b My System Blog Entries: 16	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook Stupid things like Facebook and MySpace should in no way determine how good a job is. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses. Last edited by ebackhus : 04-16-2008 at 03:16 PM.

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sobeit Mentor Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 3,763 OS: windows/linux	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook maybe if job searchers are looking for places that will allow you time on facebook and myspace, maybe those should be considered benefits and should be taxed as such based how much time they are spending in those sites and what they are costing the company they are working for. __________________ Do not feed the trolls.

04-16-2008, 05:14 PM	#14 (permalink)
DonaldG Mentor Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 6,812 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook Looking for inspiration and...er...Sorry John, the phone is ringing...(exit stage left, fast....) __________________ Submit New Articles Join the TSF Team for the Folding@Home Project. I did! Enter TSF Team number 85015

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karusho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 1,213 OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1, Ubuntu 8.04 My System	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook I believe that Facebook and MySpace should count towards lunch 'hour'. If they spend four hours on Facebook, they can skip lunch for four days. After all, they can use them during their lunch break anyway... __________________ Laptop Specs: Sony VAIO VGN-NR160E dual-booting Vista Ultimate SP1 and Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron"

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ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,378 OS: WinXP Pro SP2b My System Blog Entries: 16	Re: Workers refuse jobs with no Facebook Where I work they are blocked outright. Since each staff member has a unique logon to a specific domain they can't access those sites. that's just fine by me because MySpace is ALWAYS causing trouble for our public use computers. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.