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Negative Effects of Workplace Net Monitoring
Masem writes "Business2.com reports that while many corporations have monitoring tools and restrictions on Internet usages for non-work related activities, these can have negative effects on the productivity of the workplace. The report notes that people have to take days off from work to deal with personal business that could have been done in a few minutes or hours from a work net connection, and that employee morale is generally down when net controls are in place." A related study suggests employees spend more time doing work from home than playing at work.
You're commenting on this AT WORK.
sulli
RTFJ.
... but i'm playing solitaire at work.
Remember, if you comment on this from work you're stealing from your employer. I always take days off to read Slashdot.
The solution that has worked best for me...is to avoid public discussion. -- CmdrTaco
...whoops! I guess I should stop monitoring my corporate network. :)
...and he fired me for reading /. on company time. The link is wrong BTW.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - William Shakespeare
rather than using a squid enforced police state
Man, that is harsh, using tentacled sea creatures to discipline employees. Throwing squid into my cube everytime I hit a porn site^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HSlashdot would get me to stop. Hell, any raw fruits de mer would succeed.
Now if you're employees like calamari, well, you're screwed.
I can do it in 5 minutes surfing porno at my desk. This is an obvious productivity improvement.
Hey Mr Boss - if you install this software to spy on us, our productivity will go down.
It will?
Er, yeah - this report says so.
Hmmm... Well, on the basis of it, you'd better continue peer-to-peer filesharing and pr0n surfing then...
Get your own free personal location tracker
From: Management
Re: Corporate "watchdog software"
In regard to your comment #5252053, the administration would like to point out that we HAVE found out, and request that you would kindly remove all personal belongings from your cubicle by the end of the day. You can find boxes in the supply room.
Sincerely,
PHB
PS: Don't bother coming in on Monday.
track7.org has all kinds of interesting stuff!
In other news, HydroSequre (NAWSDOC:HSQ) announced today groundbreaking new water-cooler monitoring technology. The system, called "Chiller", incorporates microphones, video cameras, and electrically-charged floor plates to ensure that the water cooler is not a source of productivity loss.
"Employers provide water to employees to meet critical business-related hydration needs, not as a source of titillation and gossip-mongering. Corporations can't afford to subsidize the time-wasting chit-chat about last night's hockey game or who's schtupping whom in HR." commented Lloyd Getalife, Executive VP of Productivity Marketing.
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Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
it ought to be dealt with on a performance basis rather than using a squid enforced police state.
I, for one, welcome our calamari overlords.
*ducks*
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
'Just ask yourself the question..... "Is This Good For The Company"?' [Points to teal and pink banner....]
Good luck with the layoffs Bob!
--Shemnon
I mean, after you fire joe blow.
All Troll + "offtopic" mods are meta moderated as "Unfair", because you abused the system.
I hate my job and so why should I care abo^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
/. at work is stealing and might be a violation of the DMCA!
****BOSS NET FILTER ACTIVATED!****
I love my job and want to apologize to the world for stealing company electrons for my own personal use. I am the happiest corporate drone of all time and would like to remind all employees that reading
Never confuse feeling with thinking.
PS: Don't bother coming in on Monday.
Woohoo! Three day weekend!
My religion forbids the use of sigs.
As the designated netcop for my company, I find it is a good way to get interesting leads to enjoy at home. Plus, no one would think twice about my looking at those sites at work, as "I had to see what kind of a site it was..."
Perspective my friend, Perspective!
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
Not me. I voted for Kodo.
BINGO!
,and uptime is up. All is good, and the client loves us so much that they want us to push this technology out more. I wasn't hired to be the internet police but the first time someone said " I can't get to a site I need to access" and I responded " Which non productive, non work related site do you need to get to Sir? since we only block harmful sites." was worth all the previous troubles. Mind you, this was a high ranking executive who we knew like to d/l gay pr0n from kazaa.
Between Xupiter, WebShots, Bonzai buddy and believe it or not, netscape (JAVA2 runtimes hose our AD intergrated website) We were spending 4hrs a day doing "repairs" from the nite shift, a little squid, some creative rules and squidguard (We're thinking of moving to e smith with SAG) Our monday morning computer clean up is now 1/10 of what it was
I actually work (as a programmer) in the porn industry. I'm afraid the 'no porn' standard might not work so well at the office.
Any suggestions on a better strategy for us?
To read "The Onion" I have to access the PDA site. http://mobile.theonion.com/
or use an anonymizer in Europe that hasn't been blocked. This takes even more time then just permitting the damm site!
Yeah, my friend works for a company that sets up porn sites, and he said when I.T. implemented Net filtering, productivity went down the tubes... :-)
[...]a squid enforced police state.
Does this mean you'll be returning the company-issued iCephaloPod?
employee morale is generally down when net controls are in place
Firings will continue until morale improves!
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Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares?
Don't worry about the smokers. They're taking breaks out of their work time now, but it's kind of like flex leave from the far end of their lives. They'll pay it back then.
If you post a list of people and "inappropriate sites visited" for the month, people will take the hint:
John Smith: funwithgoats.com 172 visits
Depending on which department you're in of course. Certain departments may take this the wrong way and use this to find popular links.