A few days ago I was informing you about studies that revealed that Facebook is a productivity killer. It seems that this has been closely monitored by many managers lately, because now it?s time for another study to show that Facebook is also a reason for firing employees. There is no wonder, since numbers shown that 87% of employees using the social networking site at work couldn?t define a clear business reason for using it.
Proofpoint Survey says that 17 percent of companies have issues with employee?s use of social media. Furthermore, 8% of companies reported that they have dismissed employees because of their behavior on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. An alarming thing is Continue reading ’8% of US companies fired employees because of Facebook’
Noise is not just a problem in factories, vehicles or open plan office environments but even in companies that have a well defined organizational culture. Of course for the last category I?m not referring at the sound of machines or different technology systems but of your college?s activities and habits. Sometimes, if you are under time pressure and have an urgent project to finish even the crunch of an apple can signify the ?death of your productivity?. No, I?m not joking and it?s a fact tested on my on skin. I have moments when the sound of keyboard is getting me nuts. These little things are productivity killers and are in the same category with distractions factors.
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