My colleague, an ex-Zenith staff, was telling me some days ago that the bank's IT has banned NL from their systems, meaning you cannot log on to NL from Zenith Bank systems. Same is happening in my company and many other companies for facebook.

This could mean that many Zenith staff visit NL, thereby constituting a distraction. Or possibly because of insider stories about Zenith that go on here.

Either case, NL is becoming a force to reckon with. Many companies' IT and HR departments can no longer afford to ignore NL.

nairaland is the 9th website in nigeria as per traffic, while zenithbank is the 27th. zenithbank cant stop the good things happening in nairaland. their staff can access nairaland when at home, so nothing spoilt.

http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/NG

I know most orgs bans facebook within business hours due to virus attacks.
Can same reason be attributed to zenith bank'action?

Wow that will be interesting if true

Since Seun always bans people, he deserves to be banned too.

nairaland is the 'BOMB', i know how many successful buisness i have conducted through this great website of ours ranging from cars, lands. there isnt a day i woundnt logon to nairaland for any infos. more grease to you seun and all the dedicated moderators. NAIRALAND ROCKS!

@ Oluwabamis,

nairaland is the 9th website in nigeria as per traffic, while zenithbank is the 27th

Which other sites are 1st - 8th? Your link only displays the home page of alexa.com. My impression was that NL is number 1 in Nigeria.

BizBooks:

@ Oluwabamis,

Which other sites are 1st - 8th? Your link only displays the home page of alexa.com. My impression was that NL is number 1 in Nigeria.

I would imagine them to be sites like Google Nigeria, Yahoo, etc. But I think it's the No 1 NIGERIAN site sha.

Surprised at the comments here - Browsing NL at work at your employers time is wrong and should not be  encouraged -  People should get a life

Seriously NL has to be banned in all establishments. The distraction it causes is too much for an employee.

lizzybabe1:

Since Seun always bans people, he deserves to be banned too.

ROFLMAO

well i no blame the IT dept for such actions, cos nairaland is really a distraction from work, its like a drug a lil sip and u are hooked, e dey affect me bad o

Let zenithbank Bleep off fr nairaland.

Companies do these things all the time.

When you notice that something is distracting your staff, you try try to shut that thing out if you can. For instance, I've
once banned my staff from changing the TV channel to Africa Magic because it was a distraction.

Many companies have done it with facebook. Some staff spend the whole day on fb rather than work. I dont
think its anything personal although it means lots of their staff visit Nairaland.

Kudos to the management for nippin' the problem in the bud.I'm sure most of the staff do not have access to personal internet services in their homes.
Nairaland during working hours Damn retards

BizBooks:

@ Oluwabamis,

Which other sites are 1st - 8th? Your link only displays the home page of alexa.com. My impression was that NL is number 1 in Nigeria.

_Nairaland is the No. 1 Nigerian Site on Alexa.com, no be small thing o!_

Thats a good idea! I will do same too! my workers are spending so much time on NL. I restricted facebook and hi5 long ago!

Kai only say if i restrict NL d thing go affect me seriously cause am No.1 NL adict i start my day on the web with Nairaland and close my day with Nairaland. Abeg make i leave dat one first. No man dey creat law wey go catcham! NL forever!

Same happens in the UK. My employer bans the common social networking sites. Nairaland is obviously not that popular in this part of the world, hence i still visit it regularly during working hours.

makes nl even more popular

Good move by the management. Staff should learn to draw a line between office hours and personal hours.

Its better for productivity at work, NL is too addictive.

Assuming we currently have a military regime in Nigeria, NL would have been closed down and Seun would probably be seeking asylum anyway. Covergence of over 200,000 people won't be taken lightly.

ROTF . Talk about total lock down . But come oh, is the workplace now a prison, why should people be deprived of anything? What happened to freedom of browzing . Zenith Bank should gerraway jo. The employees will always find a way to log into this site when and how ever they want to.

am sure zenith did not employ them to sit in front of the coputer and surf nairaland.

Same thing happened in my organization.They blocked the internet completely leaving us at the mercy of outlook.
Yeye employers!!

Its not really new for employers to restrict their employees access to the internet. Some argue in their favor, that it increase employee's productivity cos of the time wasted online can be channeled to their job.

lizzybabe1:

Since Seun always bans people, he deserves to be banned too.

greateros:

Thats a good idea! I will do same too! my workers are spending so much time on NL. I restricted facebook and hi5 long ago!

Kai only say if i restrict NL d thing go affect me seriously cause am No.1 NL adict i start my day on the web with Nairaland and close my day with Nairaland. Abeg make i leave dat one first. No man dey creat law wey go catcham! NL forever!

The staff of zenith Bank use Nairaland to speak out and tell the world dat the Bank has not gotten to their ZENITH yet!
with all dat salary slash, evil non- acheivable targets and profit abi loss sharing policies, the case of the staff is like fela puts it,
"suffering and smiling",

I.P Banning? Thats ridiculous, whats sock and vpn there for? Lol,

My BB Curve's functioning properly, lol,so your free surfing can take a walk, Lol

On a serious note,if i catch my employee visitn NL or FB during 'crucial office hrs',d job don tire am be that and him need distraction, Ill throw d slowpoke back into d labour market,
How many of us can honestly take that? Jokes aside abeg, I think i'll go wit Zenith on this one,

akinalabi:

Companies do these things all the time.

When you notice that something is distracting your staff, you try try to shut that thing out if you can. For instance, I've
once banned my staff from changing the TV channel to Africa Magic because it was a distraction.

Many companies have done it with facebook. Some staff spend the whole day on fb rather than work. I dont
think its anything personal although it means lots of their staff visit Nairaland.

I agree with you. This shouldn't be news.

A lot of companies all over the world have IT policies that ensures their staff do not use official hours surfing away on the net.

greateros:

Thats a good idea! I will do same too! my workers are spending so much time on NL. I restricted facebook and hi5 long ago!

Kai only say if i restrict NL d thing go affect me seriously cause am No.1 NL adict i start my day on the web with Nairaland and close my day with Nairaland. Abeg make i leave dat one first. No man dey creat law wey go catcham! NL forever!

LOL. See the Oga sef, na Nairaland addict!