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Surfing the net at work
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With all office-based employers now having computers for staff. What are people's experience of non-work related internet use at work. Some employers are tough and may sack employees for excessive internet use. I believe most managers would advise their staff to confine surfing the net to lunchtimes. It can be tempting to dip into the worldwide web to look up impending holidays etc, and in some instances workers can get sidetracked into the internet instead of focusing on their duties
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My job requires internet usage (for downloading software / researching problems) as do other teams in our company. However some of the machines are monitored, with things like Facebook / YouTube etc., being blocked.
My employer blocks anything sexual, with a programme to catch such words. And encourages private internet use to be at lunchtime
:yes: I did work somewhere where the temps had no interent access apart from internal websites and email and the permentant staff had more access but no hotmail/youtube/facebook etc.
I've also worked in places that couldnt care less if I spent 3 hours a day on the net as long as I did the work.
In my current place I have to use the internet and certain websites a lot to do my job, but keep any private surfing to lunch or outside of work where possible.
One of the IT maintainance techs did. He flicked off the screen when colleagues walked in. On investigation into his computer account, management found he had looked at hard porn at work. Hence marched off his desk and P60 tax summary
:yes:
My current employers get all itchy about any net usage in working hours, on the grounds that my boss thinks internet pirates will row down the phone lines and steal our company information. Apparently there isn't the same risk at lunchtime, or from his machine :chin:
In my old job you could look at whatever you wanted (within reason - obv nothing illegal) as long as the work got done. I miss it
Managers are probably the worst- in their little offices where no one sees
I now bring my own 3G net to do whatever I fancy doing at work. :thumb:
Which is why I'm an advocate of 'do what you want as long as you get the work done'.
Bored, repressed employees are not productive employees.
It's really not worth the hassle.
however, linklogger ain't working atm hense why i am posting this.
ME? Late shift tonight, I work in the hotel industry and my shifts are iregular, the ones we get are
06.30 - 14.30
07.30 - 15.30
09.30 - 17.30
10.00 - 18.00
14.00 - 22.00
15.00 - 23.00
I'm on the 15.00-23.00 at present.
Do you get a chance to surf working in a hotel?
however im not "allowed" too
What else could you be doing beside using the net if your job is to sit at a desk?
network address (which pc)
I.P of website visited
Lengh of Visit
they believe there is always something else I could be doing, and should never have time to serve the net, or use the net on there time.
This is true. But also if bosses allow their employees to do just as much as they feel is appropriate employees will happily take the piss (from scientific studies which I cba to cite right now ) so it's about finding a happy medium I think.
When I worked for a bank it was pretty awesome. Internet was blocked but we were allowed to take breaks whenever we liked and there was so much work to get done anyway that it wasn't a case of sitting about all day. My boss sat next to me and there was no 'office / no office' division, she had a table and desk just like mine and so was down to earth but at the same time if someone did take the piss could shout at them. Once or twice I took phone calls at work and she didn't mind at all.
My current job I'm a receptionist basically and so end up on the internet a fair bit. Not as bad as one of the other lads who tried to install crysis on the office machine .
You've got liberal management- bet you feel good being trusted
Or you could just not be a shit, lazy boss and actually discipline people who take the piss. Then you wouldn't have to penalise everyone? :chin:
At the minute I've got Last FM playlist open and (judging by the pounding bass from next door) my boss has her happy hardcore raver playlist open too. Anything to drown up SUB TV I guess.
And as I'm on JANET, nothing is blocked
Schools are strange workplaces- mega busy at times then the lull periods mean chance to freely surf the net. I work in a school too