Should your employeer tell you whether your Email / Web Surfing is monitored

Keyboard Cowboy · 09-22-2005, 08:04 PM

I was listening in on the radio, and they have now brought in legistlation saying that your Boss needs to tell you whether or not your Work's Email and Internet Access is monitored.

So far, there has been a lot of mixed thoughts on this as some employeers feel that they should not have to tell their employees if their work's email and internet access is monitored or not.

What your thoughts on this?

Keyboard Cowboy · 09-22-2005, 08:13 PM

My views are devided. Like worker's should not be cyberbludging in the first place. Like your boss is paying to do a job. So if you are getting paid to be behind a computer, then why are you surfing the net for stuff that is not work related.

HOWEVER...... if an employeer is going to used a web-log of my cyberbludging as grounds to fire me, then i do feel that it's my right to know.
CyberBlugding as is - I am in the OT Sub Forum of Tech Forum, or checking my personal email.

Mind you, if worked is found with porn / warez / torrents / job search sites on his work's hard drive with weblogs to match, then I find there is no excuse for this behavor, and that is ground termination of employment.

Over all, I voted, YES. If it's not Porn / Warez / Torrents / job search sites, and if my employeer wishes to use my Internet Surfing as grounds to terminate my services, then i do feel that it's my right to know.

PS :- No, I did not get fired.

gimli of gloin · 09-22-2005, 08:16 PM

i think they shouldnt have to tell. although i doubt this will be the result of this legislation. i think employers should have the right to know what there employees are doing without the employees knowing they are being monitored. employers should know if the employee is bludging or not doing the work correctly. they pay there money for these peoples time and i think they should get wat they paid for. if the employee wants to look up nonworkrelated information then that should be done at another place.

DJ-CHRIS · 09-22-2005, 08:17 PM

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Originally posted by Harper
My views are devided. Like worker's should not be cyberbludging in the first place. Like your boss is paying to do a job. So if you are getting paid to be behind a computer, then why are you surfing the net for stuff that is not work related.

HOWEVER...... if an employeer is going to used a web-log of my cyberbludging as grounds to fire me, then i do feel that it's my right to know.
CyberBlugding as is - I am in the OT Sub Forum of Tech Forum, or checking my personal email.

Mind you, if worked is found with porn / warez / torrents on his work's hard drive with weblogs to match, then I find there is no excuse for this behavor, and that is ground termination of employment.

I agree with what you say.

I am told I am being constantly monitored as the top pririoty at school, so I constantly have to be careful.

However forums are not acceptable for many workplaces.

brady · 09-22-2005, 08:18 PM

Depending on where you work...

how many people do you know that click on whatever crap they get in their inbox ?

Click here, Click here, Big Winner, Grand Prize = devasting virus that your entire office can enjoy = pwn3d.

I didn't let anyone surf anything. All dissabled.

gimli of gloin · 09-22-2005, 08:19 PM

well we can normally get around the skools little blocks..but now we have our own usernames so they are monitoring us in a way.

Keyboard Cowboy · 09-22-2005, 08:25 PM

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Originally posted by bradybnmci
Depending on where you work...

how many people do you know that click on whatever crap they get in their inbox ?

Click here, Click here, Big Winner, Grand Prize = devasting virus that your entire office can enjoy = pwn3d..

Stuff like that is easy to find, and to identify. However if you have an electronic snail trail showing that are racking up a post count on some OT Forum, it shows up like a sore thumb on any web log.

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Originally posted by bradybnmci
I didn't let anyone surf anything. All dissabled.

That's the best solution yet.

Been to plently of places where there is no net access for workers.

Nubius · 09-22-2005, 08:28 PM

ehh, I'm also kind of divided....at the college my mom used to work at, the people there were all idiots, surfing the net, installing crap on their computers, personal e-mail etc....honestly you shouldn't be doing things online at work though....you might as well just tell them they are being monitored so you dont have to go through the hassle of cleaning a computer that they fugged up, perhaps they simply wont do it in the first place if told off the bat

gaara · 09-22-2005, 08:31 PM

If the internet is administered properly in the first place and the proper restrictions are put in place by the network admin, there should be no reason for the employer to know what you do online, since they have control over what you can or cannot access

Qiranworms · 09-22-2005, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by Harper
That's the best solution yet.

Been to plently of places where there is no net access for workers.

Though for some lines of work, email/internet is useful or even necessary.

On the poll question...
Telling people that their web access is logged and monitored may prevent people from 'cyberbludging' in the first place. However, if it is a REQUIREMENT to supply the information, an employee could ask, find out that indeed he is NOT being monitored, and then feel much freer as a result to 'cyberbludge', perhaps inappropriately, when not being watched or not on a time crunch to get something done. Which is a bad thing.

Perhaps it's best for the employer to keep the logs and tell the employee that they are doing so. This way, whether or not the person would 'cyberbludge' in the first place, they certainly won't be doing it if details of their usage can be later retreived, resulting in more overall productivity.

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