04-20-2009, 08:53 AM
So what's the issue?
If an employee needs to use the internet for their official job duties, and the policy allowes that use, they use it for their official job duties!
If an employee is using the internet for personal, non official job purposes and the employer has a policy restricting computer use for official business reasons and not personal, the employee is violating policy and could be discipline.
Is this one of those - the County is a bunch of bumbling boobs for not doing anything right but if they act properly and enforce a policy that impacts peoples ability to visit particular websites (blogs) for personal enjoyment and use at taxpayers expense, well now it's a bad policy?
If an employee needs to use the internet for their official job duties, and the policy allowes that use, they use it for their official job duties!
If an employee is using the internet for personal, non official job purposes and the employer has a policy restricting computer use for official business reasons and not personal, the employee is violating policy and could be discipline.
Is this one of those - the County is a bunch of bumbling boobs for not doing anything right but if they act properly and enforce a policy that impacts peoples ability to visit particular websites (blogs) for personal enjoyment and use at taxpayers expense, well now it's a bad policy?