PRODUCTIVITY LOSS DUE TO

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

PRESENTED BY:
DHAWAL TANK
D S PRASANTI
DIL BAHADUR YADAV
DINKAR BHARDWAJ
JAYAKRISHNAN
 FINANCIAL IMPACT OF HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY:
other things being constant, it is being assume that
employees who are dissatisfied with their job and who are
not engaged at work or committed strongly to their
employers will tend to be absent or late at work, to quit
more often, and to place less emphasis on customer
satisfaction than those whose attitude are positive.
FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCTIVITY OF
ORGANIZATION
Absenteeism
Strikes & Work Stoppages
Accidents
Social Networking
Employee Underperformance: Determining
Factors
 Their natural ability to learn and perform the work
activity (i.e. aptitude).
The employee’s skill level.
The employee’s comprehension of the task. To
satisfactorily complete a task, the employee must be aware
of what is expected.
Motivation
THE COSTS OF EMPLOYEE
UNDERPERFORMANCE
The proficient use of computer technologies in the workplace
has not only benefited productivity, but has also created its own
set of problems.
A survey conducted by Digital Life (Hung, 2007). One
hundred participants from SurveyMonkey.com were asked
about their so called “office abuses”. The results included:
1. 78 of those surveyed conducted personal phone calls at work;
2. 77 surfed onto websites and forums not related to work;
3. 76 sent personal messages;
4. 72 sent emails;
5. 33 browsed YouTube; and,
6. 28 updated their blog (Hung, 2007).
PRODUCTIVITY LOSS DUE TO
SOCILA NETWORKING
A random survey conducted by the ASSOCHAM Social
Development Foundation (ASDF) in which nearly 4000
corporate employees were interviewed between age
group ranging from  21-60 years
ASSOCHAM’S FINDING
Each day an average corporate employee spends an hrs daily on
social networking sites.
Due to this companies lose close to 12.5% of total productivity
each day.
82% workers have facebook account.
77% of workers who have orkut account use it during work hrs.
50% accessed their facebook account.
83% of respondents felt there was nothing wrong in surfing
during office hrs.
84% preferred to use break times to surf the internet.
15% said they share intra information on S N S.
 it also reveals that 93% of youngesters are aware of S N S.
INCREASING ATTRITION
Companies of IT/ITES sector facing up to 50% employee
attrition.
Hence employees are banned from accessing all job sites.
The Main reason behind this to prevent employees not
allow to spend noble time applying for job elsewhere.
 TOP TEN WAYS TO RETAIN GREAT EMPLOYEES
Managers readily agree that retaining your best employees ensures
customer satisfaction, product sales, satisfied coworkers and
reporting staff, effective succession planning and deeply imbedded
organizational knowledge and learning.
1. By Selecting the right people in the first place through behavior-
based testing and competency screening.
2. By Offering an attractive, competitive, benefits package with
components such as life insurance, disability insurance and
flexible hours.
3. By Providing opportunities for people to share their knowledge
via training sessions, presentations, mentoring others and team
assignments.
4. By giving respect for employees at all times. Listen to them
deeply; use their ideas; never ridicule or shame them.
 TOP TEN WAYS TO RETAIN GREAT EMPLOYEES
cont.
5. By Offering performance feedback and praise good efforts
and results.
6. By Involve employees in decisions that affect their jobs and
the overall direction of the company whenever possible.
7. By Recognize excellent performance, and especially, link pay
to performance.
8. By Provide opportunities within the company for cross-
training and career progression. People like to know that
they have room for career movement.
9. By Communicate goals, roles and responsibilities so people
know what is expected and feel like part of the in-crowd.
10. By encourage employees to have good, even best, friends, at
work.
Why Employee retention matters
Organizational issues such as training time and
investment;
 lost knowledge;
 mourning, insecure coworkers
and a costly candidate search aside,
 failing to retain a key employee is costly.
 losing a middle manager costs an organization up to
100 percent of his salary.
The loss of a senior executive is even more costly.
estimates of double the annual salary and more.
FOLLOWING THREE TOP REASONS FOR
SEARCHING A NEW JOB:

53 percent seek better compensation and benefits.

35 percent cited dissatisfaction with potential career
development.
32 percent said they were ready for a new experience.
THE FOLLOWING THREE PROGRAMS EMPLOYERS
ARE USING TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES:
62 percent provide tuition reimbursement.
60 percent offer competitive vacation and holiday
benefits.
59 percent offer competitive salaries.
INTERNET ADDICTION
ATTRITION IN IT
COMPANIES