Cyberloafing has become a significant issue for companies today. Cyberloafing costs companies millions of dollars each year. As a result, some companies have chosen to use various technologies to either prevent or catch employees that are spending their time online or on their phones doing non-work-related activities such as shopping, playing games, or socializing. Do some research on cyberloafing. What are the costs to companies? How much time do employees spend doing non-work-related activities? What are some of the tools employers are using? What are the laws in your state related to the use of these tools? Do you think the use of these tools is ethical? Why or why not?
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Posted 1
Hello Class!
Cyberloafing has been going on since the internet and smart phones have been prevalent. This is something I have always witnessed but never knew there was a name for it. It is hard these days to find someone that is not glued to their phone. I used to be this way too. My job in the military broke me from this habit. We worked in secure building where you could not bring a phone or any Bluetooth enabled device inside. Working 13 hour shifts like that broke my habit for device dependency. I still see this everywhere there. No matter where you go, you see people on their phones at work or there phone is still on them in their pocket or something similar. Cyberloafing can create a social or economic loss when it is conducted outside of organizational goals. However, according to Journal of Eurasia Social sciences. Cyberloafing can lead to the development of creativity within the workplace. This is if the individual is using the internet and leisure activities to help promote positive thinking and ideas within the workplace. For example someone working in sales can use the internet to post about sales in the store or encourage friends to come shop. These messages are still persona but work towards to goal of the company. Cyber loafing can cause a loss to true work time though. Employees can use it to avoid work by watching streaming services when they should be doing projects. This can cause organizations money by prolonging projects which in turn needs more money and resources to complete them. It also pays an employee to perform leisurely activities.
Cyberloafing can be significant or insignificant. Either way it can be monitored with tools such as Desk Time. The only downfall to these tools is that is limited to the computers on the network. It does not extend to personal smartphone devices. Organizations would have institute a no cell phone or limited cell phone policy to diminish phone cyberloafing.
Posted 2
The costs to cyberloafing come in two forms. The first is in the obvious
lack of productivity. The second is in additional exposure to viruses
and other malware. According to a learnstuff.com graphic, workers are
interrupted by messages and notifications every 10.5 minutes. Employers
are using tools like teramind to monitor employee behavior at their
computer. The only restriction placed in New York is to not record
audio, but few places go that far. The use of these tools makes sense,
as employers have a right to measure who is making the most of their
time. However, employers should not be overzealous as an over reliance
on stat tracking and employee monitoring can make an employee feel
suffocated. In fact, I would argue that the freedom to handle personal
tasks during slow work periods is a factor in some people’s choice of
employer.
Posted 3
Cyberloafing is a term that I have never heard of before. Once I looked it up is when i got the full just of what it is. It actually cost companies quite a bit of money. It can cost employers $4,500 per year, per employee, and most employees spend about 56% of there time online doing non-work related activities. Some companies use website blockers and use employer productivity programs. The only downfall is that only 48% of companies use those features, so there are a lot of companies losing money everyday.
In my state there is no law against companies using programs to to monitor or keep their employees working. I do believe that using these different programs and software, are ethical. If your paying someone to do a job then you should be getting work from them except on breaks or lunch. I know if i were paying my employees to do a job then I want the most out of my money, so I completely agree with using software or programs to keep them working.