More Than 50% Company Say “No” to Social Networking

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To be precise there are 54% of US Company wanting to ban social networking sites for their employee. While more and more people are joining Twitter and Facebook to keep track of co-workers and office dealings, some of them at US are just unlucky.

California-based IT Professional Company Robert Half Technology appointed an independent research firm to conduct a phone interviews with more than 1,400 company CEOs that employs more than 100 employees.

CIOs were asked, “Which of the following most closely describes your company’s policy on visiting social networking sites, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, while at work?” Their responses:

Prohibited completely – 54%
Permitted for business purposes only – 19%
Permitted for limited personal use – 16%
Permitted for any type of personal use – 10%
Don’t know/no answer – 1%

Using social networking sites may divert employees’ attention away from more pressing priorities, so it’s understandable that some companies limit access,” said Dave Willmer, executive director of Robert Half Technology. “For some professions, however, these sites can be leveraged as effective business tools, which may be why about one in five companies allows their use for work-related purposes.

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