Tuesday, May 23, 2006

If you had to pick coffee or the web -- half of workers would give up their office java to surf the web. What would you do?

A new survey finds that half of them would rather give up their morning coffee than forgo that ability.

Maps, news and weather are the chief nonwork-related sites visited.
A quarter of employees watch or listen to streaming media at least once a week from work, and 18 percent have downloaded and stored nonwork music, photos and video clips, according to a telephone-based survey sponsored by Websense Inc., which makes software that helps companies filter and monitor Internet use.

Many companies have Internet policies that ban pornography but allow reasonable personal Internet use, such as e-mailing a doctor to schedule an appointment or buying a gift during a lunch break

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I don't think it's nearly as taboo as it once was. Around 1999, 2000, or so it was more risky to be online at work. Much lest fire up a buddy list! Yep. I'm Guilty. A few years later and it wasn't too terrible to be online at work. I'm guessing it depends on where you work and the circumstances. And who your boss is!

1 comment:

Karen said...

Some people go chit-chat at the water cooler, go out for smokes, etc., for their breaks. I blog hop :-) Clears my mind and is fun.

I hope you're having a great day! *HUGS*