The I.T. guy has developed a God complex
By breepeace
@breepeace (3014)
Canada
May 8, 2007 9:20pm CST
I posted yesterday about how my company’s IT guy blocked a bunch of personal internet sites on Friday afternoon, but today I discovered they’ve taken it to a really strict level! I can’t even get on Yahoo now!
In fact, I just tried to google one of our products on the google search bar at the top of the browser and it blocked even the search results. The only page I can get is the corporation whose products we sell!
That’s a little ridiculous, don’t ya think?
I’m starting to think this whole company is a little too archaic and cheap for me to consider a future here.
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4 responses
@blackkatdreamer (1461)
• Canada
11 May 07
Freaky... thought I was replying to friend post where it go
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@Bytemi (1553)
• United States
9 May 07
I am an IT person and yes I find that some companys are a little controlling when it comes to what an employee can do the internet. Just remeber that even though your IT person is making those change and putting the restrictions in place they don't necessarily agree with them, I know I don't, but it is my job and I can fight and argue until I am blue in the face but ultimately if they say do it, I have to do it.
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@huggiebear22 (2007)
• Canada
9 May 07
There are a lot of companies doing this as they find employees spend more time on the internet for personnel reasons than company buisness we have one of the girl in the clerks office get disciplined for time theft, inappropriate use of company property casue she did some personnel emailing on company time. She was alos o shwoed how much time they suspect her and others using the companies internet for personnel reasons.
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@ci_svufan223 (24)
• United States
15 Jul 08
Nope. Not at all. In fact, my sister got fired because she was cruising Mypace rather than working. Unsecured web sites are terrible places to pick up spyware that can be used against the companies out there.
Better to be safe than sorry. Now I do have a problem with companies that moniter their employees activities outside of work. Like what they chose to post online, pics, music, ect. They shouldn't have the right to fire someone over stuff like that, but its actually being done according to Readers Digest....
