Is it effective to ban facebook in office?

I do not have a facebook, and I have no intentions of getting one. I do think it is effective to ban facebook in the office. It is easy to block certain webpages on the company access to the internet. I would bet that facebook is blocked from my work computer. If a person was spending a lot of time on their cell phone to access facebook, I am sure that others woud notice the cell phone usage. It would be easy for a supervisor to approach someone about this. In many offices, it would be a reason to get fired. Accessing facebook - whether from the computer or the cell phone - on company time is stealing. They are paying you to work, not to entertain yourself online. In some offices, the use of cellphones is also banned. So it would be impossible for people to access facebook. I do think that the social network sites and internet addiction is a huge problem for companies. There are probably many millions of dollars lost each year due to employees not being productive.

I don't see anything wrong with banning Facebook in the office. Well, I have actually experienced this. When FB was still new, we were allowed to access the site. However, when it became popular and almost everyone in the office has an FB account -- that's when our IT group started to ban it. Yes, it does reduce the productivity of employees. My previous boss, who was a Senior Vice-President then, was seen Facebook-ing during a very important meeting. Someone was reporting and it was just unfortunate that he was not listening to the person in front because he was too engrossed with FB. If it will be beneficial for a company, then it's okay to ban it especially if employees are on it most of the time. We all know how Facebook devours our time. It can be so addicting once your logged on and you don't usually notice how much time has passed. We have to remember that there is a time for everything... If you're in the office, you ought to be working and not Facebook-ing. :D

i don't have an account in facebook. i have seen it though. and i don't see any thing unusual or any thing that is addictive in using it. i think that it is just right to ban it on the work place cause we should work in the office and give our time to it. even though we have done our job i think that the office hast he right if they will not allow cause they are paying us. if people get bored they should do something else .

I have a Facebook account, I don't check it often as I don't have many international friends. But I check my Xiaonei once a day. It's website similar with Facebook, It's a chinese site, very popular in China. I think it's easy to ban the specific website, but I don't think it's necessary. I agree with the idea that we can control ourself. We don't need to be restricted. Have a good time! Sophisticated.

I don't think a ban on facebook or other social websites will improve people's productivity very effectively. After all, no one could work every minute in office. They need a little rest to relax their nerve. So I think logging on a make-friends website in moderation is not a terrible behavior. Keeping high effiency is better than working long time.

Nah, I don't it will work. Despite how the administrator try to ban any sites passing through the office network, it will never work. My office mates seem able to pass through any restriction (via ways that they refuse to tell) to view any site that they wish (that include adult sites) So why bother blocking? Besides, I don't view Facebook as a bad thing.