don't use company owned equipment for personal reasons It's a bloody computer, not a backhoe. I know precisely nobody who has a computer at work that doesn't a

don't use company owned equipment for personal reasons It's a bloody computer, not a backhoe. I know precisely nobody who has a computer at work that doesn't at least check their mail on it. Why companies feel they have to treat their employees as serfs in this matter is beyond my comprehension. Nor do I understand the mindset that treats a mail check as "abuse". Have you worked at a company which had different departments all using whatever they wanted? Have you ever worked at a company which had an IT department that was so bureaucratic and slow moving that it prevented people getting actual work done? Your diatribe ignores the reason shadow IT springs up - because the "official" IT isn't doing their job and providing decent services. I've been on both sides of this. The old quote "the harder you squeeze, the more slip through your fingers" applies. Shadow IT means that things are being provisioned without official approval, not that there's a policy allowing random things to be provisioned without approval.