How to Set Up an Internet Usage Policy
Some 40% of the time spent on the Internet at work has nothing to do with work, according to research. Controlling access to the Internet at work is really important, but how do you go about it? This quick video provides valuable advice on how companies can protect themselves and their overall productivity with a firm-but-fair internet usage policy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJlwOwyzlU
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As a Human Resources professional, I find this video very helpful.
True, along with internet usage monitoring and filtering, a clear cut policy should be created, communicated AND MADE UNDERSTOOD, and agreed on by the employee. It should form part of the Company Manual.
But, most often, employees just sign the Company Manual out of compliance but would not read through them. So, it is essential that the policy should be communicated properly and enforced consistently. Inconsistent disciplinary actions can easily breed non-compliant behaviour. It’s so easy to succumb to Facebook and Youtube and all those non-work related sites once employees notice that the internet usage policy “does not matter, anyway.”
After watching the video, I just realized that the company I used to work before was not able to impose its rules on the use of Internet. More so, the company is even an ISP. My co-worker in the sales department used to spend her morning with coffee while browsing through emails and sending off proposals to perspective clients matched with a bit of online games. But in the afternoon, I could hear her giggling while chatting with her boyfriend then browsing thru to different social networks and sometimes does online shopping! I even complained an incident once when she was fighting with her boyfriend and made a little disturbance in our area.
There are just people who likes to waste time, effort and money at the expense of others.