I can understand employers' paranoia about keeping the lid on company secrets. Especially in such competitive times, who wouldn't want to keep their cards close to their chests?
But is it going overboard?
I'm in the communications business. And communications can be done via games, what with the advent of advergames and all that. So, therefore, I need to have a look at how things are being done in those games. And not just about the fun factor of these games but the technical side of things as well.
Being blocked does not help my job.
And about employees' posting their grievances on blogs, Facebook, Twitter et al, most times they do it coz' they're unhappy. Unhappy people talk about being unhappy. And with technology, they do so through social media. Give them a reason to be unhappy, and they'll tell the world how unhappy they are.
It's really that simple.
But of course, as with any relationship, it's a two-way street. It is the employees' responsibility to ensure that they maintain professionalism. Blabbing about how work sucks, or how the clients' crazy or worse, divulging company secrets are all blatant CLMs (Career Limiting Moves) and they should suffer the consequences.
What a lot of people don't get is that behaviour in the cyberworld is actually an extension of how they behave in real life. You wouldn't read someone's diary so why spy on people? You wouldn't tell your best friend's secrets so why spill the beans on company secrets?
But is it going overboard?
I'm in the communications business. And communications can be done via games, what with the advent of advergames and all that. So, therefore, I need to have a look at how things are being done in those games. And not just about the fun factor of these games but the technical side of things as well.
Being blocked does not help my job.
And about employees' posting their grievances on blogs, Facebook, Twitter et al, most times they do it coz' they're unhappy. Unhappy people talk about being unhappy. And with technology, they do so through social media. Give them a reason to be unhappy, and they'll tell the world how unhappy they are.
It's really that simple.
But of course, as with any relationship, it's a two-way street. It is the employees' responsibility to ensure that they maintain professionalism. Blabbing about how work sucks, or how the clients' crazy or worse, divulging company secrets are all blatant CLMs (Career Limiting Moves) and they should suffer the consequences.
What a lot of people don't get is that behaviour in the cyberworld is actually an extension of how they behave in real life. You wouldn't read someone's diary so why spy on people? You wouldn't tell your best friend's secrets so why spill the beans on company secrets?
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