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I can add "thought police is okay, pornography is a menace" to my long list of reasons not to click on Forbes articles. Frankly, I'm proud to run a workplace w

I can add "thought police is okay, pornography is a menace" to my long list of reasons not to click on Forbes articles. Frankly, I'm proud to run a workplace where I officially don't give a damn what people keep on their computers. I pay them for results, not control of their erotic minds. If someone is horny, they should go rub one out. Then get back to work calmer and better able to concentrate. Just don't forget to wash your hands.

pgbovine 16y ago
what about if your employees' erotic workplace behavior makes their colleagues uncomfortable (and those colleagues might be afraid to speak up because they're not in positions of power, so you might not even know that a problem exists)?
- peteforde 16y ago
  Quite simply, we don't have erotic workplace behaviour. * except on Fridays
kovar 16y ago
So you're OK with your employees using corporate resources for child pornography? Edit: I do computer forensics and ediscovery for a living. I'm not trolling. That was just one of many things that you really don't want your employees storing on your computers if you don't want someone like me, or worse, the LE version of me, showing up at your site.
- peteforde 16y ago
  Wow, you just invoked the Godwin's law of pornography! That only took about 5 minutes. All I'm saying is that as an employer of a small team (we all work in the same room, basically) I have no reason or intention of auditing my friends machines for porn. Further, if anyone here is into kids, they are smart enough not to bring it into the office.
- wlievens 16y ago
  "I don't give a damn what people keep on their computers" in no way implies "I'm fine with them breaking the law". You're trolling.
  - kovar 16y ago
    No, I was determining the limits, pointing out that he does care, and that there are many things he would object to finding on those computers. Churchill: Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds? Woman: My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course… Churchill: Would you sleep with me for five pounds? Woman: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?! Churchill: Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.
jarin 16y ago
I used to work at a porn company, so I'm not saying this out of any kind of prudishness, but I think porn on work computers is probably pretty bad (unless it's part of your job or you work from home, I mean). I don't mean clicking on those distractedbyboobs links your friends send you, though. To me, those are are ok, as long as you're not being an idiot and offending any co-workers. From my time looking at porn site analytics, though, it seems like there are a surprising number of people who spend the majority of their work day looking at porn. In fact, Monday was our heaviest sales day (weekends are the slowest sales days). I mean, this isn't even taking into consideration people who look at child porn at work (which I unfortunately had to deal with at a different company).
- wlievens 16y ago
  > From my time looking at porn site analytics, though, it seems like there are a surprising number of people who spend the majority of their work day looking at porn. There, now I feel a lot less guilty about readding reddit all day.

pgbovine 16y ago

what about if your employees' erotic workplace behavior makes their colleagues uncomfortable (and those colleagues might be afraid to speak up because they're not in positions of power, so you might not even know that a problem exists)?

peteforde 16y ago
Quite simply, we don't have erotic workplace behaviour. * except on Fridays

kovar 16y ago

So you're OK with your employees using corporate resources for child pornography? Edit: I do computer forensics and ediscovery for a living. I'm not trolling. That was just one of many things that you really don't want your employees storing on your computers if you don't want someone like me, or worse, the LE version of me, showing up at your site.

peteforde 16y ago
Wow, you just invoked the Godwin's law of pornography! That only took about 5 minutes. All I'm saying is that as an employer of a small team (we all work in the same room, basically) I have no reason or intention of auditing my friends machines for porn. Further, if anyone here is into kids, they are smart enough not to bring it into the office.
wlievens 16y ago
"I don't give a damn what people keep on their computers" in no way implies "I'm fine with them breaking the law". You're trolling.
- kovar 16y ago
  No, I was determining the limits, pointing out that he does care, and that there are many things he would object to finding on those computers. Churchill: Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds? Woman: My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course… Churchill: Would you sleep with me for five pounds? Woman: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?! Churchill: Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.

jarin 16y ago

I used to work at a porn company, so I'm not saying this out of any kind of prudishness, but I think porn on work computers is probably pretty bad (unless it's part of your job or you work from home, I mean). I don't mean clicking on those distractedbyboobs links your friends send you, though. To me, those are are ok, as long as you're not being an idiot and offending any co-workers. From my time looking at porn site analytics, though, it seems like there are a surprising number of people who spend the majority of their work day looking at porn. In fact, Monday was our heaviest sales day (weekends are the slowest sales days). I mean, this isn't even taking into consideration people who look at child porn at work (which I unfortunately had to deal with at a different company).

wlievens 16y ago
> From my time looking at porn site analytics, though, it seems like there are a surprising number of people who spend the majority of their work day looking at porn. There, now I feel a lot less guilty about readding reddit all day.