fierce survey: facebook in the workplace

healthcare manufacturing retail education finance

THIS SURVEY CONSISTS OF ALMOST EXECUTIVES AND EMPLOYEES IN MULTIPLE FIELDS, INCLUDING:

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of employees engaged insome form of INAPPROPRIATE communication on Facebook

40 %SOME CAREER-RISKS INCLUDE: job security, workplace relationships, tarnishingprofessional reputations, hindering camaraderie, and/or the loss of respct

FLIRTING GOSSIP

employees know of a coworker reprimanded for an INAPPROPRIATE Facebook post

1 in3

of employees say Facebookis INEFFECTIVE at enhancingworkplace relationships

51.1%

OTHER WORK-RELATED REPERCUSSIONS OF FACEBOOK INCLUDE:

note that coworkers’ sharing of personal information is UNCOMFORTABLE

17.9 %of employees feelUNCOMFORTABLE accepting a manager’s friend request

53.2%admit Facebookis UNPRODUCTIVE

22.6%

THE NEW SURVEY ALSO NOTES SEVERAL REWARDS. THEY INCLUDE: relationshipbuilding with colleagues, team-building experiences

of millennials believeFacebook HELPS buildrelationships with colleagues

60%

IN FACT, the survey indicates that a silver lining to the social network isthat younger employees find Facebook a TEAM-BUILDING

EXPERIENCE even if their older coworkers do not. 25–3418–24 25–3418–24 25–3418–24 25–3418–24

DESPITE NUMEROUS RISKS, GENERATION Y ARE:

more likely to consider itAPPROPRIATE to friend coworkers

15%less likely to feel VERY

COMFORTABLE friending a manager

13%

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About Fierce

Fierce, Inc. is an award-winning leadership development and training company that drives results for business and education by improving workplace communication. Fierce creates authentic, energizing, and rewarding connections with colleagues and customers through skillful conversations that lead to successful outcomes and measurable ROI. Tailored to any organization, Fierce principles and methods translate across the globe, ensure individual and collective success, and develop skills that are practical, easy-to-learn and can be applied immediately.

Fierce’s programs have been successfully implemented at blue-chip companies, non-profits, and educational organizations worldwide, including Ernst & Young, Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, CARE, and Crate & Barrel. Fierce has received numerous industry and business accolades. The company has twice been honored as an Inc. 500|5000 company, in 2011 was named to TrainingIndustry.com’s “Companies to Watch” list, and in 2011 and 2012 selected to Seattle Business magazine's “100 Best Companies to Work For” in Washington lists.

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