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UK vs Facebook

It seems that British employers don’t look too kindly on social networking in the office. Apparently 35% of companies here have official restrictions in place on accessing sites like MySpace and Facebook during work hours, compared to only 17% in France and Germany and 16% in Italy. We can’t help being a sociable society can we?

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Bob Ford
Bob Ford - Barcays Bank plc - London 16 October, 2008, 12:24Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

I find it interesting that the business equivalents of Facebook/My Space; LinkedIn, Plaxo, Naymz etc are generally available.

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Siddharth Udani
Siddharth Udani - Consulting - London 16 October, 2008, 16:16Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

Am surprised that its not 100% in most countries! May be Linked-in could be an exception for 'professional' networking :-)

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A Finextra member 17 October, 2008, 05:20Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

Isn't "social" networking supposed to be done out of office hours ?:)

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Elizabeth Lumley - Girl, Disrupted - Crayford 22 October, 2008, 15:30Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

I'm guessing all these respondents all read the "Inane middle management tips for Dummies" Manual. I am sure there is some 20th century version of 'Let's ban Facebook' box ticking regarding the telephone or email.

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