Workers whose employers have at-work social media policy are less likely to use social media for personal reasons while on the job % of workers who indicate that they ever use social media while on the job in forder to Among those who have a workplace policy about social media use at work Among those who do not have a workplace policy about social media
Many workers report that their employers have policies about social media use on the job, or about how employees may present themselves in various online spaces. Half of all full-time and part-time workers (51%) say their workplace has rules about using social media while at work (45% say their employer does not have these policies), while 32% report that their employer has policies about how employees may present themselves on the internet in general (63% say their employer does not have these policies).
Policies that regulate how employers present themselves online outside of work may be expected to influence whether these workers use social media at all. However, this does not seem to be the case: Fully 77% of workers report using social media regardless of whether their employer has such a policy in place.
Workers whose employers have at-work social media  | policy are less likely to use social media for personal  | reasons while on the job  | % of workers who indicate that they ever use social media while on the job in  | forder to  | Among those who have a workplace policy about social media use at work  | Among those who do not have a workplace policy about social media  | juse at work  | 30%  | Take a mental break  | from work  | 40%  | 20  | Connect with friends and  | familly at work  | 35  | 16  | Get informa tion that helps  | solve problems at work  | 25  | Source: Survey conducted Sept. 11-21 2014  | "Social Media and the Workplace.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 