Anabolic Minds while on the job?
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yeahright
Well-known member
THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. I AM NOT YOUR LAWYER.
The courts have consistently ruled that your employer not only has the right to know everything that you do on their computer equipment but that an employee has an affirmative duty to make sure than such use conforms with company policy and other generally accepted institutional cultural norms.
The constitution protects people from their government, not their employer. You don't have free speech or (much meaningful) privacy rights while on the job. If your employer happens to be the government, then the analysis gets a bit more complicated but the following advice still holds true.
If you are in a unionized workplace, then you may have more rights to use the company computer for personal business than non-union employees (read your collective bargaining agreement).
Even if you think that you're acting within company policy, you should be prepared to explain what you were looking at and why. If you can't do so, then don't look at it.
Most large companies can track internet access through central servers so don't think you're being clever by deleting the cookies and cache from your individual machine.
Even if what you're looking at is perfectly innocent (local newspaper online edition), an employee can still get in trouble if they spend too much time doing it (theft of employer time). If your timecard/billing code etc. says that you were working on Task X from 10:30 -11:00 but your computer records show you on the web, you can be terminated for recordkeeping falsification.
Of all the issues where I have to defend an employee, misuse of computer equipment is the worst because the employer has a record of it. When the manager slides a large printout across the table to me I just know that it's going to have a detailed URL log in addition to screenshots from the juicier pages (usually porn).
Be careful out there!
The courts have consistently ruled that your employer not only has the right to know everything that you do on their computer equipment but that an employee has an affirmative duty to make sure than such use conforms with company policy and other generally accepted institutional cultural norms.
The constitution protects people from their government, not their employer. You don't have free speech or (much meaningful) privacy rights while on the job. If your employer happens to be the government, then the analysis gets a bit more complicated but the following advice still holds true.
If you are in a unionized workplace, then you may have more rights to use the company computer for personal business than non-union employees (read your collective bargaining agreement).
Even if you think that you're acting within company policy, you should be prepared to explain what you were looking at and why. If you can't do so, then don't look at it.
Most large companies can track internet access through central servers so don't think you're being clever by deleting the cookies and cache from your individual machine.
Even if what you're looking at is perfectly innocent (local newspaper online edition), an employee can still get in trouble if they spend too much time doing it (theft of employer time). If your timecard/billing code etc. says that you were working on Task X from 10:30 -11:00 but your computer records show you on the web, you can be terminated for recordkeeping falsification.
Of all the issues where I have to defend an employee, misuse of computer equipment is the worst because the employer has a record of it. When the manager slides a large printout across the table to me I just know that it's going to have a detailed URL log in addition to screenshots from the juicier pages (usually porn).
Be careful out there!
Chad
Banned
i have a friend that works at a bank and all he does is watch what employees do on the web. he has already caught 2 people for child porn. not that im saying steroids are anything but he will report people for ANYTHING shady. he just sits there and watchs what you are reading and writing. scary!!!
yeahright
Well-known member
And that's something to think about. Just because people here (for the most part) think that people should be allowed to use steroids if they want doesn't mean that your employer will feel the same way.
Chad
Banned
guess you couldn`t go into the good old " adult section ".....
wow i kinda miss that section :sad:
pistonpump
Banned
its the only time i go on really.....well sometimes i go on else where but hardly.
there has been so many memos stating for company business only. I just go on anyway lol. i love this board forreal!
there has been so many memos stating for company business only. I just go on anyway lol. i love this board forreal!
Australian made
Well-known member
the only time im on this site is when im at work!!
ItsHectic
Registered User
PumpingIron
Well-known member
I'm on a lot at work. My company seems to have an infrastructure in place that will flash a warning page and log mt user name whenever i goto a site deemed offensive. I get it at a lot of humor sites or at every site that has video (i.e. no youtube or meinfolks).
But my boss is a cool woman. She would sit me down and talk to me if something was wrong before any action was taken.
But my boss is a cool woman. She would sit me down and talk to me if something was wrong before any action was taken.
somewhatgifted
Registered User
AM for sure... almost unlimited access.
zbtboy
Anabolic Innovations Rep
AAAHHH....its nice to be the one who controls the web proxies for the company i work for. We have a special proxy that doesnt log 
I would like to say this though...People who do the same job as I are in fact watching so please be careful out there. You should see some of the crap that we've had to block over the years. The people we most get pissed at are those fools who setup their own streaming music site and connect to it while a work. When we got 6 proxies pegged at 99% ulitization and several dedicated T3's pegged we get a little touchy. Sometimes we just get the LAN team to shutdown the switchport theyre on and ask questions later. thats pretty fun.
I would like to say this though...People who do the same job as I are in fact watching so please be careful out there. You should see some of the crap that we've had to block over the years. The people we most get pissed at are those fools who setup their own streaming music site and connect to it while a work. When we got 6 proxies pegged at 99% ulitization and several dedicated T3's pegged we get a little touchy. Sometimes we just get the LAN team to shutdown the switchport theyre on and ask questions later. thats pretty fun.
zbtboy
Anabolic Innovations Rep
Rivet
Registered User
jmh80
Well-known member
Some of us are in a job that's important enough that we don't have time to sit and veg out on the internet.
PumpingIron
Well-known member
You guys make me feel un-important. :sad:
Iron Warrior
Registered User
I used to but one of my students peeked and saw me in the steroid section. I played it off as no biggie and I haven't done it ever since 
I'm just too concerned about a student snitching and getting my a s s fired.
I'm just too concerned about a student snitching and getting my a s s fired.
ShakesAllDay
Well-known member
Family business FTW! :dance:
pistonpump
Banned
AAAHHH....its nice to be the one who controls the web proxies for the company i work for. We have a special proxy that doesnt log
I would like to say this though...People who do the same job as I are in fact watching so please be careful out there. You should see some of the crap that we've had to block over the years. The people we most get pissed at are those fools who setup their own streaming music site and connect to it while a work. When we got 6 proxies pegged at 99% ulitization and several dedicated T3's pegged we get a little touchy. Sometimes we just get the LAN team to shutdown the switchport theyre on and ask questions later. thats pretty fun.
what proxy is that? the best i found was spysurfing.com and they eventually found that one and blocked it. going on myspace at work really pissed them off. but they never blocked AM.
Australian made
Well-known member
night shift?
hell no. i dont have a pc at home.