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At this point, if you don't understand that company equipment is to be used for company business only, then you're clearly not using your best judgement. Whethe
by josh_carterPDX 11y ago
At this point, if you don't understand that company equipment is to be used for company business only, then you're clearly not using your best judgement. Whether or not there's a policy, it should be implied that the equipment a company gives you belongs to them. You wouldn't take a company vehicle to a party or to the bar? Ok, maybe you would, but SMH. The point is that company equipment should be used to that purpose. If you use it for any other purpose you should expect that it's going to be scrutinized. If you don't want someone reading your emails or messages on a company computer, then use something else like a tablet or your phone to conduct personal business. I find the amount of conversation here about this so confusing.
- hamburglar 11y agoExactly. My tendency is to try to keep my personal use of company computers to a reasonable level and conservative scope, because while I know my company is going to be reasonable about it and most likely leave me alone, I fully recognize that it's their computer and me using it for personal things exposes those things to their scrutiny if they have reason, or even if they suspect they have reason. Frankly, I'd be a little surprised if none of my employers have ever perused my browsing habits while investigating something (example: I once had an officemate get fired for sucking up all the office bandwidth by running a public porn server from his desktop -- that was a super dumb move, and I really wouldn't hold it against anyone investigating the problem to take a general survey of our web traffic habits in the course of chasing that down).
- josh_carterPDX 11y agoDefinitely. This is especially important for companies that are public or are planning to go public. Knuckleheads exist everywhere and they can be a liability if not kept in check.