1. Cyberslacking:The New Water Cooler

2. Cyberslacking: A How-to-Guide for EmployeesFollowed by:Cyberslacking:A What-to-do Guide for Employers 3. What is Cyberslacking?Cyberslacking: AdjectiveUsing a companys computers and Internet connection duringworking hours for activities which are not work-related.The term cyberslacker, acknowledged in August 2003 by editors of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary is used to describe employees who engage in the practice.Cyberslacking can also be used as a participle adjective, e.g. cyberslackingemployees. 4. Cyberslacking PollWhat is more important, your right to privacy or your employers right toensure you are productive at work?Should employers be allowed to monitor their employees without theirknowledge?Is there a point at which employers should allow computer and internet usefor personal purposes or is it an all or nothing deal? 5. Weve truly reached a new level of technological timewasting, and its called Facebook. Talk about a study inprocrastination!- Psychology Today 6. it provides a way to blow off work you should bedoing, while creating the illusion that you are achievingsomething.- Jeffery Zeldman 7. I have been working long hours but much of that is due to thefact that so many hours have been wasted on Facebook- Nick ONeil 8. Facebook displaced porn (2007) and Google(2010) for the most internet traffic on the web. 9. IShouldBeWorking.com is dedicated to slackers,goof-offs, procrastinators, loafers, "long lunchers", and web addicted employees worldwide. 10. "This is great! We all need more things to do to get back at the man!"Kevin R.Kansas City, MO 11. Star Wars Kid > 30,000,000 Views 12. Star Wars Kid Drunken Jedi > 12,000,000 Views 13. Evolution of Dance >190,501,954 Views 14. Charlie Bit Me >422,587,464 ViewsRanked 5th all time. #1 spot is held by Justin Biebersvideo Baby with 707,994,720 views. 15. Employees who are accomplished at twoor more non-work activities at once is apractice known as Multishirking 16. More Great Places to Cyberslack 17. Cyberslacking:A What-to-do Guide for Employers 18. According to IT research firm Gartner, non-work-related PC activityresults in an estimated 40% productivity loss each year for Americanbusinesses.According to a recent Gallup poll, the average employee spends over75 minutes per day using office computers for non-business relatedactivity.According to a report by International Data Corp (IDC)37% of workers say they surf the Web constantly at work. 19. In a survey conducted by America Online and Salary.com45% of employees cited personal Internet use as their number onedistraction at workThe cost of Internet surfing during the workday to be approximately$750 billion in lost wagesThe top three States for cyberslacking are Missouri, Indiana, andKentucky 20. 60%of all online purchases are made duringworking hoursSource: International Data Corp 21. 70%of all web traffic to pornography sites occurs between 9AM and 5PMSource: Sextracker.com20.6 million Americans also visited an adult site from a workcomputer last month an average of 8.1 times, according to Nielsen Co 22. This is not newI had been trying hard to keep my boss fromnoticing that I was spending hours every day on thenetif they had given me a real mission I would beworking here instead of surfing. The only thing Impaid for is to show up at work. So I dont feel toobad about that.Date: Tue, 05 March 1996 23. Cyberslacking PollWhat is more important, your right to privacy or your employers right toensure you are productive at work?Should employers be allowed to monitor their employees without theirknowledge?Is there a point at which employers should allow computer and internet usefor personal purposes or is it an all or nothing deal? 24. To block or not to block? Google encourages employees to spend 20% of theirtime on pursuits unrelated to their specific duties. A 2009 Australian study of 300 workers found thatthose who waste time on the internet for pleasureare about 9% more productive than those who dont,as long as they do so less than 20% of the time. 25. What can you do about it?Create acceptable use policies that fit your needsIra G. Rosenstein, partner in Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe, as quoted inInformation Systems Security, states, the Internet is a valuable tool andtherefore it is very important to craft the usage policy in such a way that itreinforces productivity and employee morale, without becomingunmanageable. 26. What can you do about it?There are solutions that can block specific types of sites like: Adult & Mature Content Illegal Drugs Alcohol/Tobacco Intimate Apparel/Swimsuits Criminal & Illegal Skills Nudity Cult & Occult Pornography Drugs Sex Education Gambling Violence, Hate and Racism Hacking and Proxy Avoidance Weapons 27. What can you do about it?There are tools that can help you track anddocument employee computer useOne Solution Automatically Records Screen Snapshots Chat/IM Activity Keystrokes Typed Facebook/Social Networks Web Sites Visited Online Searches Email Sent/Received Programs Used ...and more 28. Free Customized Acceptable Use Policywww.Amnet.net/bkec 29. 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