I mean really, what\u2019s the big deal?\u00a0 This is yet another social networking tool that has invaded our work spaces.\u00a0 First it was personal access to e-mails during work hours.\u00a0 Then it was dating sites.\u00a0 (I once worked with an organization that noted some administrative staff were spending as much as 30% of their time browsing dating sites).\u00a0 Now it\u2019s Facebook.\u00a0 Not only are we dealing with personal conduct issues and productivity, but HRIT and IT organizations are also looking at how the organization can use Facebook to its advantage.\u00a0 This dichotomy of use it versus restrict it is really pretty confusing as different HR organizations are taking very different looks at the technology.<\/p>\n
TUC <\/a>wrote a piece called \u201cFacing up to Facebook\u201d clearly advocating restricting access to these applications.<\/p>\n Handled properly, personal access to the internet during breaks could be a valued benefit for staff, and also help employees develop useful IT skills. Many employers have a Web use policy, making it clear to staff what is and is not acceptable. Publicizing this policy is the best way to ensure that staff do not use the internet to waste time on company time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I agree that we don\u2019t want our employees browsing for dates or seeing what level of \u201cvampire\u201d they can become on Facebook.\u00a0 (If I get one more invitation to become a Vampire, I think I\u2019ll vomit).\u00a0 However, Facebook is also a great way to network, not only socially, but also professionally.\u00a0 It really does not matter if you\u2019re using Facebook or LinkedIn, but there is some component of networking with professional peers that might go on here.\u00a0 I myself operate different levels of social and professional networks on both Facebook and LinkedIn, mostly because there isn\u2019t a single platform that has everyone I want to connect with.<\/p>\n I think more at issue and more debatable is the integration of Facebook into the HR technologies we can implement.\u00a0 At least Lawson and SuccessFactors have some form of Facebook integration and it blurs the line between work and personal life.\u00a0 After all, some employees really do keep Facebook private and don\u2019t want you as an employer to have any access to their pages.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also heard of a few employers that actually go in and create Facebook pages for their employees \u2013 really without the permission of the employee.\u00a0 After all, at that point you are creating an on-line identity for someone, with an organization with questionable privacy policies.\u00a0 I like how TOC<\/a> phrased it to me:\u00a0 Facebook integration (with HR) is kinda gimmicky.\u00a0 Certainly it\u2019s an interesting model to be thinking about, but there are many integration, privacy, security, and governance issues that really need to be thought about before diving into Facebook integration and identities for your employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I mean really, what\u2019s the big deal?\u00a0 This is yet another social networking tool that has invaded our work spaces.\u00a0 First it was personal access to e-mails during work hours.\u00a0 Then it was dating sites.\u00a0 (I once worked with an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,28,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collaboration","category-communications","category-web-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}