http://blog.ginkel.com/2009/11/the-economic-impact-of-facebook-games/ A Geek's Thoughts on Life, Arts, Software and Technology Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.ginkel.com/2009/11/the-economic-impact-of-facebook-games/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Thilo Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:14 +0000 http://blog.ginkel.com/?p=261#comment-241 Well, believe me, it took plenty of thoughts until I was convinced that my deduction makes sense. Taking unpaid extra hours into account was one of them. While both you and me work in an environment that provides mostly unrestricted Internet access and lacks time recording, this is probably not the typical setting for most employees. So, I think that on a global scale my assumption still makes sense (no rule without exception, though). On the other side, a relaxing distraction during work every so often probably also increases productivity more than it hurts. In the end, it boils down to finding the right balance. Well, believe me, it took plenty of thoughts until I was convinced that my deduction makes sense. Taking unpaid extra hours into account was one of them.
While both you and me work in an environment that provides mostly unrestricted Internet access and lacks time recording, this is probably not the typical setting for most employees. So, I think that on a global scale my assumption still makes sense (no rule without exception, though).
On the other side, a relaxing distraction during work every so often probably also increases productivity more than it hurts. In the end, it boils down to finding the right balance.

]]> http://blog.ginkel.com/2009/11/the-economic-impact-of-facebook-games/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Benjamin Notheis Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:52:20 +0000 http://blog.ginkel.com/?p=261#comment-240 Hey Thilo, _nice_ number crunching. However, I cannot neglect the feeling that your conclusion is a bit short-sighted. Do not underestimate the power of open internet access policies currently in place at many companies (including yours and mine)! I second your argument that people spend a certain share of the time they spend at work (I am deliberately phrasing it not "working time") on Facebook or similar activities. But as open internet access policies often go along with flexible working hours agreements, my impression is that these 10 minutes are more than compensated by (often unpaid) long hours. So, be not misled by the fact that the place of execution of such activities coincides with the place of work. Hey Thilo, _nice_ number crunching. However, I cannot neglect the feeling that your conclusion is a bit short-sighted.
Do not underestimate the power of open internet access policies currently in place at many companies (including yours and mine)! I second your argument that people spend a certain share of the time they spend at work (I am deliberately phrasing it not “working time”) on Facebook or similar activities. But as open internet access policies often go along with flexible working hours agreements, my impression is that these 10 minutes are more than compensated by (often unpaid) long hours. So, be not misled by the fact that the place of execution of such activities coincides with the place of work.

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