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Things that aren’t okay to do at work: Twitter and anti-productivity.
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Tue, Oct 06 2009 | 1 Comment
Most employers (if not all) enjoy watching their employees be productive and make money for the company. Anytime there is a lot of anti-productive behavior coming from an employee, that employee will likely find him or herself as a pretty good candidate for unemployment.
This is why it is important to note exactly what NOT to do if you want to keep your job. Right now, just flying under the radar is not enough to keep a job that is in demand.
One thing, and probably the most important is never, EVER do anything to reduce your productivity.
Some people think that it is really cool to update their Twitter page every time they change positions in their office chair. First of all, your boss isn’t stupid and is likely catching on to how much time is being spent on the social networking site rather than filling out TPS reports. If you are one of the people who update your Twitter a lot then you really need to ask yourself this question: Is the next 140 characters worth my job?
Worse yet, people are Tweeting about things like getting job offers! Say that they aren’t even using Twitter at work; how hard is it for their current boss to see that? Not only that, but people tweet about some really random and embarassing things sometimes as well. How does it look to always be talking about your party habits or your drunken hookup over the internet?
I will say, sometimes I get really caught up in other people’s drama on social networking sites if I know who they are. I even feel embarrassed for them from time to time but then I have to realize that they are the ones who decided to post all of their personal business for everyone to see.
So, a couple of things to remember if you are going to use Twitter (even at work) is to never talk about office drama. Sally in HR is not going to be happy about your decision to talk about how she picks her teeth or something such as that.
Only update your Twitter or Facebook or whatever on YOUR time. If you’re off the clock for lunch or something, then go nuts! That’s your time. You just really need to make sure that you’re not talking about anything that may put your job in jeopardy.
Another thing, there are websites devoted to embarrassing things that people say from time to time. Even in a text message, you can still end up with your words for everyone to see.
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Tags: office drama, unemployment, social networking sites
Productivity the key to economic growth?
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Thu, May 21 2009 | 2 Comments
According to a recent NewsWeek article, productivity could be the key to helping fix the economy.
When it comes to politics, neither side will ever agree on what exactly will save the economy. The conservatives on the right will tell you that tax cuts are the way to go, while liberals on the left will tell you that spending and public works projects are what will help rebuild the economy.
So the author of the article, Daniel Gross, wrote that if history can teach us anything that in order to get the economy back to the level we have been accustomed to over the past few years, we are going to need a boost in productivity. When there are periods of high growth, there is a trend that reaches to every part and segment of the economy, examples include electricity, railroads, and credit (ultimately leading to cheap money). In an economy the size of the one of the United States, there will have to be a trend as large as one of these to jumpstart the economy because a small “boom” won’t reach all the sectors that need to be reached in order to experience economy growth.
Of course, the problem with this idea is there has to be a great idea to jumpstart the economy again. Gross says that perhaps it won’t be a single game-changing idea, but a compilation of many small ideas that helps get the economy back on track.
His idea is that we all try harder to get the economy back on track.
I think it is always a good idea when everyone helps out to reach a cohesive goal; especially when it comes to something as large as fixing the United States’ economy. There are certain areas of the economy that no amount of tax cuts or public works spending will be able to fix and I suppose this is where he thinks that we should all step it up a little to help out.
Of course, perhaps a large idea is what could boost the economy. There is a huge market brewing for green energy and to eliminate or at least reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. We saw the tip of the iceberg last summer when gas hit record highs and everyone was complaining. There was a lot of complaining going around about the price of gas and it lit a fire under everyone to get out and do something. Emissions dropped, the use of public transportation increased, and gas prices fell.
Whatever will help fix the economy, hopefully something will start up soon to help give a boost growth.
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Tags: public works projects, green energy, tip of the iceberg
