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Thread ID: 71329 2006-08-02 15:39:00 Browsing the net at work CYaBro (73) PC World Chat
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475566 2006-08-06 03:41:00 It doesn't matter what I say: the employer has the say. If the computer is there for work purposes, there will usually be rules covering the use of it. Someone who spends too much time on private use is going to be found out.

It's very easy for a "5 minute break" to extend itself. It is not difficult to find out what a computer is used for, and for how long. Job security could suffer.

Entitlement to breaks is one thing; how they are spent is another. It could be argued that someone who uses a computer for 8 hours a day needs breaks away from the computer. Then it's obvious that it's a break.
Graham L (2)
475567 2006-08-06 13:09:00 If I worked for a tightarse that didn't allow a few minutes per hour personal Internet use... well I wouldn't work for her. Even government departments allow a bit of reasonable use. Greg (193)
475568 2006-08-06 19:53:00 If I worked for a tightarse that didn't allow a few minutes per hour personal Internet use... well I wouldn't work for her. Even government departments allow a bit of reasonable use.

lol well some Govt depts do, and for some people not all.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
475569 2006-08-06 20:21:00 Hey, Which Government departments :D
Hubby has just resigned after working for three government departments for over 41 years and although he works on a computer most days there's no private internet access at all.

Prisons are locked down tight....... at least for the staff. :rolleyes:
Sue (33)
475570 2006-08-06 23:26:00 Air New Zealand ( . nzherald . co . nz/search/story . cfm?storyid=00071F24-6B2E-14B9-A8A083027AF10120" target="_blank">www . nzherald . co . nz) recently got into trouble for sacking workers who they claimed were accessing adult websites and viewing pornography on work computers .

I wonder if Air NZ will ensure its PCs get locked down a little tighter now?
FoxyMX (5)
475571 2006-08-07 00:46:00 Hey, Which Government departments :D Well to be honest I only know of two - Courts and National Library.

But of course I acknowledge other people's perspectives (now there's a first!). I guess I was just spoiled when I used to be gainfully employed, where my job was the Internet :D
Greg (193)
475572 2006-08-07 01:22:00 Prisons are locked down tight....... at least for the staff. :rolleyes:

Haha That's classic. Murderers & rapists can set up blogs, but the non-criminal, hardworking, taxpaying staff can't even check their email.

Talk about a country going down the tubes....
Peterj116 (6762)
475573 2006-08-07 02:06:00 Haha That's classic. Murderers & rapists can set up blogs, but the non-criminal, hardworking, taxpaying staff can't even check their email.
I think you will find that the prisoner was sending his prose via snail mail to someone on the outside who posted it on the internet as a blog.
FoxyMX (5)
475574 2006-08-07 02:46:00 Does that mean if I think of work issues in my own time, work should pay me :confused:

I want the OpenOffice.org version :D

That's entirely your prerogative, as it is your employer's prerogative to allow you to use company time for private activity.
Murray P (44)
475575 2006-08-07 03:32:00 Glad that we can do what ever we want on the net, our boss doesn't care as long as you get all your stuff done before dead line. SKT174 (1319)
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