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By: lend

lend — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:34:12 +0000

well where i live, if you are caught on a games website, blog, ebay etc… or anything that isnt for the good of the organisation you can be dismissed on the spot..

By: markharrison

markharrison — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:07:45 +0000

Heh, VC. I “surf on company time”, because it turns out that the Internet actually contains some useful information that lets me work more effectively…

… and, shock, some of that information appears on Blogs. If for no other reason that quite a lot of our competitors have blogs, as do journalists reporting on our industry.

Having an “Internet Access Policy” makes a lot of sense for any company – having one with a rule to say “don’t allow access to reading any blogs” is, well, about as sensible as one that says “don’t allow access to any site that runs WebSphere”.

By: krsnakhandelwal

krsnakhandelwal — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:44:10 +0000

Some kind of disciplin is a must at the work place, however, the companies should now allow some in between time for pure internet surfing freedom on own or the companies machines as a policy and welfare excercise. There is no reason why the emplyoyee should be cut off completely, his exposure is also in the end used gainfully by the company itse;f otherwise the employee may say that he will not use any knowledge agained after joining service but got during free time for the compnanies advantage. The companies want his worker more knowledgeable and learning more techniques but don’t want to allow time and freedon is again wrong.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:07:05 +0000

It’s not so much that employers are worried about leaking sensitive information – that’s probably the least of their worries when it comes to blogs. The biggest worry is loss of productivity. I manage my companies web filter and was told by the executives to block blogs because of possible decreased productivity. Many major companies worry more about information leaks via e-mail and removable media.

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Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:13:52 +0000

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By: One Year Anniversary Review: Blogger’s Rights and the Risks of Blogging « Lorelle on WordPress

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:14:55 +0000

[...] Blogs took a hit in the workplace. Not only did companies crack down on people blogging about their company, they handed out contracts for their employees to sign saying they wouldn’t blog about their company. Blog reading during work hours was also nixed as more and more companies put blocks on blog websites and popular blogs. In “Now Blogs Not Safe for Work”, I wrote: Wired story that Blogs Not Safe for Work. [...]

By: Vc

Vc — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:48:19 +0000

NO ONE should be surfing ANYWHERE on employer time. You want to surf? You want to read blogs? You want to porn-drool? Take your laptop or whatever, go sit in your car or the park.

Every employer in this world should crack down hard on people who use employer machines and software to play their “personal games”.

By: snicker

*snicker* — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:02:08 +0000

I think that it goes beyond leaks of sensitive information. Weblogging puts the power of rapid and wide dispersion of information in everyone’s hands. You’re beginning to see lower echelon employees blog about the companies where they work. In some cases, they are becoming a prominent ‘voice’ within the company and a view into its activities. These corporations have reason to be afraid. One disgruntled employee with a chip on their shoulder and a weblog with any readership has the potential to damage the company in any number of ways, leaks of confidential information, false accusations, etc. And can you imagine how difficult it becomes to manage a workforce when your employees are empowered in this fashion? Would you fire a worthless employee who has the hottest blog discussing your company?

I think that these companies are making a mistake by heading down the road towards censorship. If the leaders of these corporations were smart, they would embrace the technology and capitalize on it before their employees do. It’s foolish to think that employees will not participate in this form of communication because they’ve limited access to weblogs from work networks. If anything, it will give the employees more to discuss once they get home