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Quick poll to prove point to Boss about private internet usage at work?

avs0020 · 2008-10-17 11:24:04

My boss busted an employee researching car parts on the internet and now suspects that all staff are using too much company time on private emails. As a result our IT Manager has blocked all internet access. I am sure every company has the odd eedjut who pushes his luck and abuses the system, but we have a bunch of good…

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#32 07-11-2008 7:19pm
tk123

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We block webmail for everybody (cos somebody pulled the network off the air once with a dodge mail off hotmail) and then restrict what the different managers want their guys not to have in each dept- bebo/forums/games etc. We also have machines in the canteen for people to use on breaks that are on a dmz with their own little squid proxy which allows pretty much everything except porn.

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