Two -thirds of British employers limit the use of the Internet at the workplace

Two -thirds of British employers observe the behavior of their subordinates on the Internet and block access to resources, which, in their opinion, are not related to work. Such, according to the Computer , with reference to The Guardian newspaper, the results of the Royal Institute of Management (Chartered Management Institute, CMI), whose experts consider this behavior old -fashioned and by no means useful for the case.

The CMI study, conducted together with the Ordnance Survey Cartographic Agency, points to the conflict of generations in the perception of Internet technologies. The head of the personnel service of Ordnance Survey, Yan Khatchinson said, commenting on the results that if the current situation remains unchanged, British companies risk a lot to lag behind foreign competitors.

A thousand managers are not older than 35 years working in industry, trade, regional administrations and police took part in the CMI survey. According to them, the senior leadership treats the Internet as a useless eater of time. Half of the respondents reported that their organizations are avoided by new network technologies until they undergo a thorough verification in other structures.

Most young employees say that they use the Internet for research and professional self -improvement. However, their leaders relate to this skeptical. As the study showed, on average 65% of organizations monitor the user history of their employees and block access to "undesirable" sites.

The police practiced internal Internet censorship 88% of senior officials, and in regional administrations - 86%. Some employers limit the use of a global network only on certain days, 38% of British insurance companies act in the same way.