Why Corporates Block Social Networking Sites?
If you are employed with any of the big corporates and have been notified by your systems department about the excessive time you are spending on Twitter and Facebook, then this post if for you and your employer.
Its been common practice. All corporates while trying to save on bandwidth blocks some of these networking sites. And they expect their employees to be focused on their work alone. But is it really possible. A free and uninhibited mind works best. While when restraints are put in day today working, the innovative ideas and creativity suffer. A nine to five routine is sometime quite boring and there are times when doing the routine work day in and day out, you suddenly feel the need to break free and engage yourself in some creative pursuits which invigorates minds. Updating your status and exchanging notes with others in your circle provides you with that elusive spark which brings in creative ideas in to your mind.
In India, Cricket is religion. When all web pages having cricket as the keyword are blocked then guys who are sitting day in and day out in front of PC monitors tend to have some sort of withdrawal symptoms as they are unable to have access to Cricket Scores.
Ideally bandwidth should not be a constraint for the working employees. Organizations should invest in present world’s all important asset. Organizations should ideally keep some margins for future growth. An additional amount spent on getting extra bandwidth wont harm anyone.
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