Businesses are having a difficult time controlling social media use in the workplace because policies only state that employees must not use it, but do not explain why. Businesses should explain the polices in detail to employees and the reasons for such polices. They should also include the consequences of using social media while at work. There are three main reasons for social media polices in the workplace. First and foremost, workers who go online, while they are on the clock, are incapable of carrying out work related activities, which will lead to a lack of production. The next reason that social sites should not be visited is because unsecure websites could leave businesses exposed to viruses’, or hackers. Finally, if personnel use social media they may intentionally, or unintentionally, distribute private information not meant to be shared.
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In Jack Craver’s 2016 text Millennials spend 140 hours a year on social media at work, he reports, ‘’ the average millennial worker spends 140 hours per year on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social networks. That breaks down to 33 minutes a day on average.’’ (Craver) That is eleven hours a month that employees are being paid to browse the web. A specific policy companies could develop concerning the use of social media in the workplace is to only permit employees to access social media by means of their personal mobile devices; when they are on their
In Jack Craver’s 2016 text Millennials spend 140 hours a year on social media at work, he reports, ‘’ the average millennial worker spends 140 hours per year on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social networks. That breaks down to 33 minutes a day on average.’’ (Craver) That is eleven hours a month that employees are being paid to browse the web. A specific policy companies could develop concerning the use of social media in the workplace is to only permit employees to access social media by means of their personal mobile devices; when they are on their