Internet Abuse At Work
June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The high unemployment rate — 10.2 percent for October 2009 in the United States — hasn’t deterred workers from goofing off on the job. Data from Websense Inc. indicates that Internet misuse costs American corporations more than $85 billion annually in lost productivity — an increase of 35 percent since the year prior.
“Employee Internet misuse is a critical business issue for corporations. While the Web has long been hailed as a productivity tool, this misuse in some cases offsets the productivity benefits of Internet access,” said Andy Meyer, vice president of marketing for Websense Inc.
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that weekly work hours decreased slightly in 2007 to 34.2 from 2008′s 34.5. However, many employees are extending their workdays from home by accessing e-mail and following up on projects remotely. IDC expects the number of “day extenders” to reach 31 percent by 2008 and the overlap between work time and home time could result in even higher incidences of Internet abuse in the office.
Websense found that 67 percent of workers access news sites for personal reasons, and 37 percent access shopping and auction sites at the office. In addition, 2 percent of employees admit accessing pornography and 2 percent admit gambling online at work.
A study from The Society of Financial Service Professionals on technology and ethics in the workplace revealed that 65 percent had committed at least one act of Internet abuse in the form of shopping (41 percent); using company e-mail for personal reasons (39 percent); playing computer games (34 percent); job searching (17 percent); and copying software for personal use (9 percent).
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Employee Internet Abuse
June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Employees who abuse Internet privileges have become a major concern among today’s corporations. According to a survey of human resource directors, approximately 70% of companies provide Internet access to more than half of their employees and recent statistics show that employee Internet abuse is on the rise. In a survey of 1439 workers by Vault.com, an online analyst firm, 37% admitted to surfing constantly at work, 32% surfed a few times a day, and 21 % surfed a few times a week (Adschiew, 2008).
In a survey of 224 corporations by Websense, Inc., an electronic monitoring firm, 64% of the companies have disciplined, and more than 30% have terminated, employees for inappropriate use of the Internet (Websense, 2008). Specifically, accessing pornography (42%), online chatting (13%), gaming (12%), sports (8%), investing (7%), and shopping at work (7%) were the leading causes for disciplinary action or termination. In an online usage report conducted in 2008 by eMarketer.com, 73 % of U.S. active adult users accessed the Web at least once from work, 41% access the Web a majority of the time at work, and 15% go online exclusively at work (McLaughlin, 2008).
The issue has become critical as organizations attempt to minimize productivity losses that result from such employee Internet abuse, which can represent billions in lost revenue (Stewart, 2008). Vault.com estimates surfing costs $54 billion annually in lost productivity (Adschiew, 2008). For instance, in the summer 2008, Victoria’s Secret posted a forty-four minute, mid-work day webcast. The broadcast had an estimated audience of four million viewers, costing Corporate America as much as $240 million.
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Surfing The Internet At Work
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Are your employees messing around while on the clock?
Are they surfing the internet, chatting, or playing games while they should be working? Research indicates that, while at work, 67% of employees admit to regularly visiting websites or surfing the internet for non-work related purposes. Interestingly, 60% of on-line purchases are made during the work day. Memory Spy can be used to uncover internet abuse as well as loss of productivity.
Finding just one employee that abuses internet access, one hour per day, can save your company from a loss of at least 200 productive hours per year.
Employees often leak confidential information, either intentionally or unintentionally, and many times it is difficult to find the security breech. Memory Spy would allow you to monitor all e-mails, chats, and instant message conversations, so that your company will always be protected.
Memory Spy is a state of the art program that will allow you to monitor your employees at all times. This easy to use program captures and logs every keystroke, and can even be played back, as if you were watching a DVD. Protect your business today!
Business Internet Abuse
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Employee Internet abuse costs an estimated four billion dollars in lost work productivity each year. Surveys reveal that 1 in 5 employees view online pornography at work and that 70% of adult web sites are hit between the hours of 9-5.
Not only do employees surf sex sites but they also visit sport sites, bid on eBay, trade stocks, shop online, and send tasteless jokes to coworkers. This type of misuse not only hurts employee job performance but increases threats to information security and drains valuable network resources. To prevent such abuses, firms institute employee Internet use policies, but often workers do not comply with policies and may actively try to circumvent filters and firewalls that block unwanted Internet access.
Companies also are at risk for harassment claims due to sexually or racially discriminatory email sent through corporate networks.
We realize that no matter how vigilant you are you don’t always know what you employees are doing. Thanks to MemorySpy.com and its release of MemorSpy PC monitoring software you will always be informed about your employees’ internet activity. Protect your business today!