Social Media can also get you Fired

Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and many others are very popular among people. People use them to update their status and upload pictures to share information with family and friends. They also keep on checking and commenting on he posts of their friends. Many people get addicted to these sites. They keep on using these sites even when they are at work. This is the major reason that people are getting fired from their job.

To avoid getting fired from your job because of social media you can do many things. First of all, Always remember that whatever you are posting on Facebook or Twitter is not private. Everyone can see it, so do not post anything on your account during working hours. Moreover do not like or comment on someone's post during working hours. Facebook and Twitter also shows the time of the information when you share with your friends. Therefore always keep in mind that your employer can also check later the timing of your post your share online on social network sites, they can check if you post during working hours or at some other time.

Furthermore, don't be a racist on Facebook. Being racist can also disturbs the atmosphere of your work place and can harm to your job also. Do not post anything negative on Facebook or Twitter about your job or boss. Posts such as "I hate my job" or "My boss is so weird" can get you fired from your job. Following video can describe you more about this.

Reference: http://thesocialskinny.com/9-ways-facebook-can-get-you-fired/

Some Websites needs to be block at work

Internet makes our work easy. Nowadays, we can do our work in lesser time with the help of internet. There are some companies who face loss due to this invention. Because employees misuse the internet and spent more time on doing non work related activities. To avoid being misuse of internet, blocking some websites is good solution to this problem.

Employees use internet for downloading movies, playing games, sending jokes and chatting with their friends. Some people waste time on internet because they do not have enough work to do, so employers also need to manage their workload. Employees use websites for downloading which contain viruses and virus can erase the data stored in computer and can destroy whole computer. Therefore, it is very necessary for employers to block those websites and keep their computers and data safe.

According to an American Management Association (AMA) survey, 65 percent of companies use software to block some websites. They find this technique very useful and help employees to avoid getting fired. Moreover, it is also useful for employers to raise profits of the company.


Reference: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-02-20-internet-abuse_x.htm

Keep in Mind Someone is Monitoring Your Internet Use

Employees are tending to do their personal work when they are at work. They may think that no one watching them when they are doing their personal work such as chatting, watching videos, sending personal emails and doing may other things, but actually they are wrong, their internet usage is regularly monitored by their employers.

You need to be very careful and visit only work related websites at workplace. Because almost all companies have software with which they can check the internet history, they can also check what type of websites you visited.

Furthermore, employees also need to be careful about what are they surfing on internet when they are home. Because there are many other things which can get you fired from your job such as:-

• Picking fights online with other employees.
• Publicly looking for another job online.
• Saying something bad about the company or employer of the company.
• Posting something on any website which employer does not like.
• Violating company's policy.

Reference: http://guyism.com/tech/ways-internet-can-get-fired.html#4-5-actually-violating-company-policy

Statistics of using Internet at work for personal use

The number of people of using internet for personal use at work place is increasing at fast pace. Although employees have internet access at their home but they prefer to use more at work due to high speed connections and unlimited data. This is the reason that dismissals due to misuse of internet is increasing day by day.

 According to recent surveys it is cleared that 40 percent loss in productivity of American Business is only due to internet misuse.

70 % of all internet porn traffic occurs during work days between 9 am to 5 pm. In U.S, 37% of employees say that they surf the web continuously and surfing only non-work related sites. 32.6 % employees surf the without any specific objective and men are twice as likely as women. 27 % of employees have also been caught surfing web for personal use and get fired from their job.

The result of these surveys is warning for employees who misuse internet for personal use and causing harm to the profits of their company. They should keep in mind internet misuse in workplace can cause harm to their job also.

Reference: http://www.staffmonitoring.com/P32/stats.htm

Implementation of Internet Usage Policies in the Workplace

In today's era Internet  has many advantages in the work place including ease of communication and making easy to access information. As each and every coin has two sides, there are also many disadvantages of internet. Misuse of internet is major issue in work places. An implementation of  good internet usage policy can help to minimize its disadvantages.

                                                               

There are some employees who does not  know that which websites are banned in the work place and which are not.Internet usage policy provides direction to employees. It helps them to avoid being fired from job and encourage them work efficiently to achieve the goal by proper use internet.
Policy should be well explained and make employees aware about the policies during the time of Recruitment.

Misuse of internet can cause a big loss to company. To make the policy effective in work place employers should also follow it. Moreover, make sure that everyone is working by following internet usage policy.


References: http://humanresources.about.com/od/policiesandsamples1/a/email_policy.htm