Fun presentation addressing a major resource suck in modern business. Start with how to Cyberslack, a guide for employees, and then end with as an employer, what to do about it.
3. What is Cyberslacking?
Cyberslacking: Adjective
Using a company's computers and Internet connection during
working hours for activities which are not work-related.
The term cyberslacker, acknowledged in August 2003 by editors of the Oxford
English Dictionary is used to describe employees who engage in the practice.
Cyberslacking can also be used as a participle adjective, e.g. cyberslacking
employees.
4. Cyberslacking Poll
What is more important, your right to privacy or your employer's right to
ensure you are productive at work?
Should employers be allowed to monitor their employees without their
knowledge?
Is there a point at which employers should allow computer and internet use
for personal purposes or is it an all or nothing deal?
5.
6. We've truly reached a new level of technological time
wasting, and it's called Facebook. Talk about a study in
procrastination!
- Psychology Today
7. “…it provides a way to blow off work you should be
doing, while creating the illusion that you are achieving
something.”
- Jeffery Zeldman
8. I have been working long hours but much of that is due to the
fact that so many hours have been wasted on Facebook
- Nick O’Neil
23. According to IT research firm Gartner, non-work-related PC activity
results in an estimated 40% productivity loss each year for American
businesses.
According to a recent Gallup poll, the average employee spends over
75 minutes per day using office computers for non-business related
activity.
According to a report by International Data Corp (IDC)
37% of workers say they surf the Web constantly at work.
24. In a survey conducted by America Online and Salary.com
45% of employees cited personal Internet use as their number one
distraction at work
The cost of Internet surfing during the workday to be approximately
$750 billion in lost wages
The top three States for cyberslacking are Missouri, Indiana, and
Kentucky
25. 60%
of all online purchases
are made during
working hours
Source: International Data Corp
26. 70%
of all web traffic to pornography sites occurs between 9AM and 5PM
Source: Sextracker.com
20.6 million Americans also visited an adult site from a work
computer last month an average of 8.1 times, according to Nielsen Co
27. This is not new
“I had been trying hard to keep my boss from
noticing that I was spending hours every day on the
net…
…if they had given me a real mission I would be
working here instead of surfing. The only thing I'm
paid for is to show up at work. So I don't feel too
bad about that.”
Date: Tue, 05 March 1996
28. Cyberslacking Poll
What is more important, your right to privacy or your employer's right to
ensure you are productive at work?
Should employers be allowed to monitor their employees without their
knowledge?
Is there a point at which employers should allow computer and internet use
for personal purposes or is it an all or nothing deal?
29. To block or not to block?
• Google encourages employees to spend 20% of their
time on pursuits unrelated to their specific duties.
• A 2009 Australian study of 300 workers found that
those who “waste time” on the internet for pleasure
are about 9% more productive than those who don’t,
as long as they do so less than 20% of the time.
30. What can you do about it?
Create acceptable use policies that fit your needs
Ira G. Rosenstein, partner in Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe, as quoted in
Information Systems Security, states, “the Internet is a valuable tool and
therefore it is very important to craft the usage policy in such a way that it
reinforces productivity and employee morale, without becoming
unmanageable.”
31. What can you do about it?
There are solutions that can block specific types of sites like:
• Adult & Mature Content • Illegal Drugs
• Alcohol/Tobacco • Intimate Apparel/Swimsuits
• Criminal & Illegal Skills • Nudity
• Cult & Occult • Pornography
• Drugs • Sex Education
• Gambling • Violence, Hate and Racism
• Hacking and Proxy Avoidance • Weapons
32. What can you do about it?
There are tools that can help you track and
document employee computer use
One Solution Automatically Records
• Screen Snapshots
• Chat/IM Activity
• Keystrokes Typed
• Facebook/Social Networks
• Web Sites Visited
• Online Searches
• Email Sent/Received
• Programs Used ...and more
34. The Power & Impact of Open Book Management
Marcus Boggs founder Steve Bigari Chuck Latham,
and owner of CEA CEO of Stellar founder, Chuck
Technologies, Inc. Restaurant Solutions Latham Associates
Come meet and engage our panel of local experts as we discuss open book concepts
Friday, March 16, 2012
Check-in: 6:45 a.m.
Breakfast & Panel Discussion: 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
www.MMECOS.com to register
Notas del editor
Do you enjoy “Sticking it to the man”?The water cooler was too conspicuous of a place to waste time on the clock.Personal phone calls? Unless you have an office it’s hard to do too much of that.But now there’s Cyberslacking!
Sure you can do your online shopping..Setup your fantasy sports team…Check both eHarmony and Match.com for a date tonight…But what I want to know is, How big is your farm?
Like a terrible wreck that you can’t stand to look at but can’t seem to look away.
Recorded in 2002 by Canadian teen GhyslainRazaa. Classmates uploaded it to YouTube without his permission. This viral video has been parodied on South Park, Arrested Development and American Dad. He is currently a law student in Montreal.