I’ve noted before the upside to ERC employee blogging.
After reading this about the ERC not blocking Blogspot any longer, I’m hoping the ERC will go further. Think about extending your server hours to, say, 8 p.m. every night and actually encouraging your employees to stay and use the internet for whatever purpose they wanted.
Here’s the upside.
- It provides a cool perk to your I’m-sure-you’ll-admit underpaid employees, thereby helping employee retention and recruiting.
- The employees will know they have 2 hours in the evening to get internet stuff done and won’t be tempted to disrupt work to get it done.
- They will learn stuff. And it just might, at times, relate to their job function and have an impact on the ERB’s performance and professionalism.
- They will have more of a chance to interact with the public on ERC issues.
- As they interact and as people (ratepayers) realize that ERC employees have interests in common with their own, the ERC’s own authenticity and authority is increased.
The downside: Can’t think of one at the moment…
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It’s blocked again…I guess I was just early that time that the MIS hasn’t activated the “wall” yet. But everything here’s blocked, even yahoogroups. So I can’t access my egroup’s files, which by the way, is important for my masters subjects (our profs use egroups for announcements and posting files and homework)..but oh well, my studies are none of ERC’s business so… just have to access my “unnecessary” websites outside. It’s ok, I just hope our office generate some savings for this, so we’ll have some bonus this Christmas..I wish!!!