Recent chit-chats with several bloggers gave me a growing impression — Does your blogging get you into trouble at the office?
Most of those I’ve talked says yes, especially those who are widely known in their respective offices as a blogger. It’s not really a management issue but more about office politics.
Over two years ago, when I was still doing 8-5, my blogging was an issue. I’d tell my officemates that if they have coffee breaks or “yosi breaks”, I have my “blog break” too. Same time-killing relaxation exercise.
Best way to get into their good side is to actually convince them to blog too. If everyone in your team is blogging, then it becomes a non-issue.
How any you? Anybody else getting into some kind of trouble or unwanted attention at the office because of blogging?
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Yeah convicing them to do blogging will help you not only in office but also in revenue refer them in adsense etc, hahaha Happy Holidays
I am still a student, but yeah I have a similar experience.
On our CompSci classes, my classmates usually spend their spare time viewing videos on YouTube. They wonder why I’m so busy blogging. I end up stuck on the question why I blog.
More like the blogging gets into trouble because of the office… Sadly, my site is blocked in our office. In my previous job, although my colleagues don’t blog, they get what I was doing then.
Not a problem with me. I even made a blog for our company, and Im the one blocking sites so…
don’t have trouble yet because I spend my whole time blogging
I used to just give them the eye.
It’s more trouble when they know you’re earning a sizable income from it.
not a problem with me coz im not a real blogger lol, i just want to learn code, code and more code from it
i don’t have any problem simply because i don’t go to office!
I suppose employees are in the office to work on defined job.
Using the Internet is now considered the most time wasting activities for employees. That will include blogging.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/08/pf/wastedtime_job/
nasa opisina ako ngayon… hehe… lunch kasi (pwede magsurf)…
out of topic, i got the shirts!!! after goodstorm apparently forgot to process my order for 2 weeks. LOL!! i’ll ship it to you next week
I spend my free time reading blogs at the library. Most of the time, I eat with my classmates.
not yet
I think the problem will always come from the
IT Administrator
Everyone at work knows that I am a blogger. Some of them actually read my blogs, as well. But I have never had any problems because I make sure that that I meet my deadlines and if and when I do blog at work, I do it during my break time.
No, it doesn’t.
Hypothetically, though – the most trouble will be if you blog ABOUT work or work-related stuff, so I avoid that.
yeah…the sys ad blocked adsense and other ads related. oh well.
luckily no problem here, also no bandwidth inventory and stuff.
Never experienced it.
There is always an unwritten agreement between me (my colleagues) and the company – research, PR, and free advertising/marketing. Especially for me since it is part of my job.
For anyone involve in Community Management or who works as Community Managers, research and blogging are an integral part of their daily activities.
Regardless, I can explain, defend, and justify why blogging should not be an issue and instead should be adopted by the company
I have that problem a year ago being a webmaster as hobby, don’t know about blogging then. They have their coffee brake and me a webmaster break. Good thing I was secretive about it even one day one of the employees discovered one of my sites through the net. Still, always heed the saying “Speak no Evil, Hear no Evil and See no Evil”
Me, they don’t. The office knows kasi that my blog helps in marketing.
Thought I’d just share that. But methinks this is kinda rare.
More power!
not yet..
sa office, what I’m doing is blog reading, and blog hopping..
after work, is blog posting..
in a company where you work with different nationalities, blogging at office going to be like a career time bomb waiting to explode..
Nope, I have a cool workplace. I get to play once in a while too.
I do not have a problem in the office. But I have a problem at home. My wife gets angry when I blog. She thinks that it is a waste of time. I love blogging and to get away with her I have to wake around 2 in the morning and continue writing.
Everyone knows that I am a blogger, and Lan Team in our company are my friends =)
I used to have the same problem… luckily my boss wasnt that strict when it comes to blogging at office as long as I do it during my free time… ^_^ Now I can blog anytime I want since I have my own Internet connection here at home…
di nag ako marunong magblog eh