First a warning: The IT people at your work haven't blocked Facebook without reason. Obviously, the company policy prohibits accessing that site from your work location. I fyou try to breach that blockage, you risk getting a formal warning, or worse.
With that in mind, you may check the following page to get access to Facebook at work: How to Get on Facebook at School.
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