Nearly half of UK companies are strictly against letting their employees' access social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter from company workstations, a recent survey of 2500 employers claim.
 
The survey carried out by HCL Technologies in collaboration with Lewis PR found revealed that 48 per cent of companies in the UK banned staff from using social networking sites from their work machines over the past year.
 
Additionally, 63 per cent of the surveyed staff admitted that they were strictly advised not to access social networking sites from work machines.
 
Main reasons behind preventing employees from accessing sites like Facebook include bosses’ fear that such sites could distract employees from normal work.
 
HCL Technologies Chief Executive Vineet Nayar expressed dissatisfaction over companies’ decision of preventing employees from using social media websites. He says such as move makes no business sense.
 
Speaking on the topic, Mr. Nayar said, “If your marketing and PR efforts don’t have any social aspects to them chances are you’re being left behind. At the very least those who work in PR and marketing departments should be given access as a priority.”
 
Mr. Nayar added that if the UK companies do not address the issue they could be at the mercy of corporate suicide.