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[TC] Now We’re Not Talking: Telstra Bans Facebook:

Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications company, has banned its approximately 49,000 employees from using Facebook. As Cameron Reilly at G’Day World puts it, “This would be a retarded move for ANY company, let alone a company that is trying to position itself as a company that “gets” online.”

I forgot that being hip was more important than being productive nowdays. Let’s look back at what TechCrunch itself has taught us about social networking at work.

[TC] Career Advice: Don’t Spend Half Your Work Day On Facebook And Then Brag About It:

A Goldman Sachs trader in the UK named “Charlie” was warned by his employer that his visits to Facebook on company time were to stop. He spent, apparently, over 500 hours on Facebook in a six month period. That works out to about 4 hours per day.

Perhaps if employees did not spend half their time on Facebook, companies would not be banning it.