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  Would you allow your programmers to use Messenger and social networks like Facebook?  




A manager may believe that using IM clients in the office is not acceptable, but many programmers use them for legitimate purposes, for example in order to easily contact one another.

Do you think the IM chat prohibition is reasonable? 

The trouble with those policies, (IM are only an example ; you could also quote firewall blocking some websites), is simple : they believe they can force people to work by cutting their distractions. 

Fact is, when one doesn't want to work, one will always find a way not to. At the end of the day, what matters is if the job's been done.
