Another ryanair bash!
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I don't deny its a true story, it obviously is. However it is pretty miniscule in the grand scheme of things and is in all honesty just another piece of journolistic crap revolves around this company.
As I see it Ryanair has far greater issues that could be published but that would involve a bit of backgound investigation and maybe if it was done in a constructive way could even be classed as objective.
Do people really give a monkies whether you can charge a mobile phone on the companies lecky bill.......................No, not really and after about 24 hours it will be yesterdays news. Come Monday people will still be charging their mobiles etc because we've all seen it before and most people couldn't give one for these stupid edicts.
Alas it gives people something else to shout about. However there are some very professional people who strive to work for this outfit and yes there are also some people who have been shafted well and truly. That is something of a concern and they deserve respect for standing up and being counted.
Do either of these groups of people get the coverage they deserve, that is questionable?
However some ejit decides to make a nonsensicle issue about charging mobiles and the press feed themselves and the rest of the Ryanair bashers see it as a golden opportunity. Lets be honest it is only a small minority that people associate with Ryanair, the rest of us are just paid to do a job and we don't even get a mention.
As I said before............................................you come, you work (hard), you get paid. If you don't like it you move on. Its a choice we all have to make.
I'm just saying that after a while the bashing gets a bit tiresome, especially when the majority of the people doing the bashing don't know whats really going on here, and this is the best they can feed off for another round.
I don't deny its a true story, it obviously is. However it is pretty miniscule in the grand scheme of things and is in all honesty just another piece of journolistic crap revolves around this company.
As I see it Ryanair has far greater issues that could be published but that would involve a bit of backgound investigation and maybe if it was done in a constructive way could even be classed as objective.
Do people really give a monkies whether you can charge a mobile phone on the companies lecky bill.......................No, not really and after about 24 hours it will be yesterdays news. Come Monday people will still be charging their mobiles etc because we've all seen it before and most people couldn't give one for these stupid edicts.
Alas it gives people something else to shout about. However there are some very professional people who strive to work for this outfit and yes there are also some people who have been shafted well and truly. That is something of a concern and they deserve respect for standing up and being counted.
Do either of these groups of people get the coverage they deserve, that is questionable?
However some ejit decides to make a nonsensicle issue about charging mobiles and the press feed themselves and the rest of the Ryanair bashers see it as a golden opportunity. Lets be honest it is only a small minority that people associate with Ryanair, the rest of us are just paid to do a job and we don't even get a mention.
As I said before............................................you come, you work (hard), you get paid. If you don't like it you move on. Its a choice we all have to make.
I'm just saying that after a while the bashing gets a bit tiresome, especially when the majority of the people doing the bashing don't know whats really going on here, and this is the best they can feed off for another round.
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But why should employees charge their mobiles at work??? can they not charge it at home? Any who carries their charger around with them??????? WIERD!
More likely to save more money by banning employees using the land phone at work
More likely to save more money by banning employees using the land phone at work
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I read this thread yeaterday and thought it so odd, even for FRA, that there had to be more to it than meets the eye, and sure enough an hour later read this article in the Times. I reckon they just want to reduce the amount of personal mobile calls and texting that goes on in work time and this is a way of starting the campaign. I must say from what I've seen of my younger colleagues profligate use of these damn things at work I'm not surprised.
April 22, 2005
Why texting harms your IQ
By Michael Horsnell
Txts n emails mk ppl stupid coz they R worse than smking pot & lead 2 a st8 of 'infomania'
THE regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana.
That is the claim of psychologists who have found that tapping away on a mobile phone or computer keypad or checking them for electronic messages temporarily knocks up to ten points off the user’s IQ.
This rate of decline in intelligence compares unfavourably with the four-point drop in IQ associated with smoking marijuana, according to British researchers, who have labelled the fleeting phenomenon of enhanced stupidity as “infomania”.
Research on sleep deprivation suggests that the IQ drop caused by electronic obsession is also equivalent to a wakeful night.
Infomania is mainly a problem for adult workers, especially men, the study commissioned by Hewlett Packard, the technology company, has concluded.
The noticeable drop in IQ is attributed to the constant distraction of “always on” technology when employees should be concentrating on what they are paid to do. Infomania means that they lose concentration as their minds remain fixed in an almost permanent state of readiness to react to technology instead of focusing on the task in hand.
Workers lose productivity by interrupting a business meeting and disrupt social gatherings because of their infirmity, the report said.
The brain also finds it hard to cope with juggling lots of tasks at once, reducing its overall effectiveness, it added. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, excessive use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.
Eighty volunteers took part in clinical trials on IQ deterioration and 1,100 adults were interviewed.
More than six in ten (62 per cent) of people polled admit that they were addicted to checking their e-mail and text messages so assiduously that they scrutinised work-related ones even when at home or on holiday. Half said that they always responded immediately to an email and one in five (21 per cent) will interrupt a meeting to do so.
Furthermore, infomania is having a negative effect on work colleagues, increasing stress and dissenting feelings. Nine out of ten polled thought that colleagues who answered e-mails or messages during a face-to-face meeting were extremely rude. Yet one in three Britons believes that it is not only acceptable, but actually diligent and efficient to do so.
The effects on IQ were studied by Dr Glenn Wilson, a University of London psychologist, as part of the research project.
“This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,” he said. “We have found that infomania, if unchecked, will damage a worker’s performance by reducing their mental sharpness.
“Companies should encourage a more balanced and appropriate way of working.”
The report suggests that firms who give employees gadgets and devices to help them keep in touch from wherever they might be should also produce guidelines on use.
These “best practice tips” including using “dead time”, such as travelling time, to read messages and check e-mails and turning devices off in meetings. David Smith, commercial manager of Hewlett Packard, said: “The research suggests that we are in danger of being caught up in a 24-hour ‘always on’ society.
“This is more worrying when you consider the potential impairment on performance and concentration for workers, and the consequent impact on businesses.”
He said that although the company produced such technology, it was similar to a motor manufacturer making a 150mph sports car and telling drivers to stick within speed limits.
He added: “Similarly, ‘always on’ technology has proven productivity benefits but people need to use it responsibly. We know that technology makes us more effective, but we also know that misuse of technology can be counter-productive.”
GETTING THE MESSAGE
More than 50 billion e-mails are despatched every day wordwide; in 2001 the traffic was less than 12 billion
Of these 88 per cent are junk e-mails including around 1 per cent which are virus-infected
The average number of e-mail messages received per person per day is 32. This is rising by 84 per cent each year
There are 440 million electronic mailboxes including 170 million corporate ones in use, growing by 32 per cent per year
A total of 1,035 million mobile phone text messages are despatched each month in Britain.
The average amount of texts per month is 37 per user compared to 21 in 2001
A million children aged under 10 in the UK — one in three — now have their own phones
The average age at which a child gets his or her first mobile phone in this country is eight
Eighty two per cent of children and young people from 5 to 24 — a total of 12.6 million — own a mobile phone; this is predicted to rise to 87 per cent by 2007
April 22, 2005
Why texting harms your IQ
By Michael Horsnell
Txts n emails mk ppl stupid coz they R worse than smking pot & lead 2 a st8 of 'infomania'
THE regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana.
That is the claim of psychologists who have found that tapping away on a mobile phone or computer keypad or checking them for electronic messages temporarily knocks up to ten points off the user’s IQ.
This rate of decline in intelligence compares unfavourably with the four-point drop in IQ associated with smoking marijuana, according to British researchers, who have labelled the fleeting phenomenon of enhanced stupidity as “infomania”.
Research on sleep deprivation suggests that the IQ drop caused by electronic obsession is also equivalent to a wakeful night.
Infomania is mainly a problem for adult workers, especially men, the study commissioned by Hewlett Packard, the technology company, has concluded.
The noticeable drop in IQ is attributed to the constant distraction of “always on” technology when employees should be concentrating on what they are paid to do. Infomania means that they lose concentration as their minds remain fixed in an almost permanent state of readiness to react to technology instead of focusing on the task in hand.
Workers lose productivity by interrupting a business meeting and disrupt social gatherings because of their infirmity, the report said.
The brain also finds it hard to cope with juggling lots of tasks at once, reducing its overall effectiveness, it added. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, excessive use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.
Eighty volunteers took part in clinical trials on IQ deterioration and 1,100 adults were interviewed.
More than six in ten (62 per cent) of people polled admit that they were addicted to checking their e-mail and text messages so assiduously that they scrutinised work-related ones even when at home or on holiday. Half said that they always responded immediately to an email and one in five (21 per cent) will interrupt a meeting to do so.
Furthermore, infomania is having a negative effect on work colleagues, increasing stress and dissenting feelings. Nine out of ten polled thought that colleagues who answered e-mails or messages during a face-to-face meeting were extremely rude. Yet one in three Britons believes that it is not only acceptable, but actually diligent and efficient to do so.
The effects on IQ were studied by Dr Glenn Wilson, a University of London psychologist, as part of the research project.
“This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,” he said. “We have found that infomania, if unchecked, will damage a worker’s performance by reducing their mental sharpness.
“Companies should encourage a more balanced and appropriate way of working.”
The report suggests that firms who give employees gadgets and devices to help them keep in touch from wherever they might be should also produce guidelines on use.
These “best practice tips” including using “dead time”, such as travelling time, to read messages and check e-mails and turning devices off in meetings. David Smith, commercial manager of Hewlett Packard, said: “The research suggests that we are in danger of being caught up in a 24-hour ‘always on’ society.
“This is more worrying when you consider the potential impairment on performance and concentration for workers, and the consequent impact on businesses.”
He said that although the company produced such technology, it was similar to a motor manufacturer making a 150mph sports car and telling drivers to stick within speed limits.
He added: “Similarly, ‘always on’ technology has proven productivity benefits but people need to use it responsibly. We know that technology makes us more effective, but we also know that misuse of technology can be counter-productive.”
GETTING THE MESSAGE
More than 50 billion e-mails are despatched every day wordwide; in 2001 the traffic was less than 12 billion
Of these 88 per cent are junk e-mails including around 1 per cent which are virus-infected
The average number of e-mail messages received per person per day is 32. This is rising by 84 per cent each year
There are 440 million electronic mailboxes including 170 million corporate ones in use, growing by 32 per cent per year
A total of 1,035 million mobile phone text messages are despatched each month in Britain.
The average amount of texts per month is 37 per user compared to 21 in 2001
A million children aged under 10 in the UK — one in three — now have their own phones
The average age at which a child gets his or her first mobile phone in this country is eight
Eighty two per cent of children and young people from 5 to 24 — a total of 12.6 million — own a mobile phone; this is predicted to rise to 87 per cent by 2007
