Posted on: August 23rd, 2006 @ 12:55
Microsoft has sponsored a study on employee attitudes on restricted Internet access. They found that it was important enough that people will migrate away from companies with restrictive policies on ‘net access, and those who have to live with it find ways to work-around the controls anyways. As I have always suspected, using the heavy hand and trying to control people will only generate resentment. Modern businesses need to realize that a happy employee is a productive one, and restricting access to communications technologies is a sure way to create frustration and job dissatisfaction.
