There's always a sense of anxiety about it. You're sitting at your desk, you're anxiously longing to log-in to Facebook and check out something, but your boss is just right there. Right there over your shoulder waiting to catch you! But, wait - this article here starts to break down Social Media myths and says that it actually may be ok for you to get "social" at work.
The article goes on to explore the idea that maybe your workplace wants you to be active online. But, the tricky part is that some users stated that their workplaces wanted the user to represent the business on Social Media and that, can be a slipper slope. Now, this is the point in which you need to set up the parameters around your personal Social Media accounts! Some of the respondents also said that their workplaces asked them to share their personal Social Media details on the company's professional sites. To me, that is going way too far and just asking for trouble. One drunken tweet, one mildly inappropriate status update and your job is on the line - this will benefit no one!
While I think you should be allowed to use Social Media at work, I do not think it should ever be used on behalf of the company, but I also think that you should ever mention your work on Social Media. Sure, it is a part of your life and something we all do but, honestly...I don't care to know too many details of my friends' working lives unless it is on LinkedIn - the appropriate channel for that information.
So, proceed with caution! Keep work at work and your Social Media sleuthing to a minimum. We all have personal traits that may not be in line with perfectly sculpted corporate images and, that's ok! Just be sure that those two worlds don't collide like Justine Sacco learned the hard way!
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