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No More Unrestricted Internet At Work
Schlemphfer writes: "You can forget about using private email or surfing the web while at work if these bozos have their way. And judging by the Reuters article, it looks like they might. Basically what they're doing is trying to scare senior management into thinking that allowing employees unrestricted use of the net will cripple a company with viruses and lawsuits."
If you stand alone, they will monitor every aspect of your lives, from email to web surfing, to drug use. The actions in this article are only the beginning.
Pure and utter FUD. No one forces you to work for them. Email uses company resources, esp. time and bandwidth. That is a legitimate concern. Drug testing is not unusual, and can be justified. Suppose the company doesn't want a drug-user working for them? Entirely their right. As it is your right to leave if you don't like the policy.
Funny, the communists (your name suggests an affiliation thereof) aren't known for the opportunity to choose.
~chazzf
No statement is true, not even this one.
Did you miss the word "signifcantly" in the post? Then you're inattentive. If you didn't miss it, you're disingenuous. If you saw it, and still wrote that half-assed attempt at sarcasm, you're just a fucking moron.
Another proud carrier of the $rtbl flag
If IT showed management the respect they're due as managers, maybe they wouldn't demand to be exceptions. Managers can smell condescension, and when directed towards them, it makes them hostile. Try a respectful, cooperative approach and you might see less of that.
One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.
I first read that as "This will get me laid" and I was gonna ask what your secret was....
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
You fucking Troll!
You make me sick.
Do you really like working 8 hrs without a break? Never able to do anything personal, like checking your email for that email from your wife telling you she's gonna work late? Or reading the daily userfriendly during lunch?
The point here is actually PRIVACY! Apparently, you don't deserve any.
-iie1195
Im surprised anyone still has it. Here in australia we pay for bandwidth used and we monitor our usage carefully, we dont dictate we simply provide guidelines (which are international for our company) and people ar expected not to go outside them. We do scan our proxy logs for certain keywords and trust me get caught looking at porn its instant dismissal - no questions.
/. who whine about liberties and freedom are missing the point - its work, we pay you for a job and we pay for the resources you use and the computer you use them on - if you dont like it then find another job, internet is NOT a right.
.mov, .mpeg, .mp3, .wav, .vbs, .js and a lot of others - we spend a lot of time securing and managing our systems and theres no work reason for any of the above products (we would block jpegs as well but they are sometimes (our work study indicates only about 30% of the time) work related.
None of my staff can bypass it as the scan results go directly to Human resources and i support it - they have no reason to be doing anything like that.
Now this might seem a bit extreme but thertes good reasons why i agree.
1. We encourage our staff to use the Net responsibly and for legitimate research and work purposes, we dont mind reading a newspaper, looking at the sports results or catching up with a hobby during their breaks.
2. We expect them to have the good sense to know what isnt appopriate and they sign a legal agreement noting they understand the conditions and the consequences of their actions BEFORE they get their login and passwords to the system.
3. its work - not home
The people on
PS we dont allow newsgroups, ICQ, IRC or Instant Messengers and we block FTP for all expect IT users - our support calls for people who have downloaded software have gone thru the floor and as its also a breach to do that people dont try it anyway.
Why did we do this?
our internet bills went thru the roof thats why and we looked at the traffic - guess what ? Porn sites, movie sites, tucows, game sites etc.
2 staff sacked for breaches and now its a whole different workplace.
I have zero tolerance for whiners, in a previous management role i was the one who had to deal with kiddie porn found on a computer by one of my support guys when he was fixing it (Aust gove so i had to call the police etc) and it was the most disgusting thing i have ever seen. Look at porn on my network get your balls lopped - what you do at home is your business and i like naked chicks as much as the next guy but i dont see it as appropriate in any circumstance for work.
PS and for those of you who think iam a nazi we also filter mail and block
Internet access is not a right at work, its a company provided privelege
I refuse to argue with Anonymous Cowards - if you want a discussion get an account....
No employee has the right to surf or dick around on their computer. They might have the *privilege*, but this is entirely at the discretion of the company and *not* the employee. The company can set any fucking rule it pleases with respect to their equipment. If the employee doesn't like the fact that he can't screw around on company time anymore, then it's time to fire this sorry shit-sack of a loser and force him to get a *real* job in the *real* world. Let the whining little pusbags work on the line for awhile and see what they think of company-sponsored internet access *then*.
Christ, but look at the number of fuckwit morons who jump out of the woodwork to defend their 'rights' to mess around on company time with one lame excuse after another. Yeah, you, you pathetic little loser scumbag, the guy who sits in his office downloading Natalie Portman pics while reading slashdot when he should be doing some actual work. If you don't like company policy then start your own damned company.
Oh, but wait - that would be *work*, right? And we've already established that the whiners don't think they need to put in 8 hours on somebody else's dime; god knows they won't put the effort required for this endeavor. It might cut into their Portman or porn or slashdot time....
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?