Computers in the work place
shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
Do you use computers in your work place? If so, so you have internet access? If so, is TUSCL blocked?
I'm retired but while I was still working, I did use computers and had internet access. One of the few departments to have internet. But TUSCL along with a ton of other stuff was blocked. The company made it well known that unauthorized uses of the internet would result in disciplinary action.
Only saw action taken once. 3 people including a supervisor were busted for passing a soft porn photograph (humorous actually) through the PM system. I saw it along with probably 100 others but 1 fat old bitch saw it and turned them in. The supervisor got demoted and the other 2 got time off.
Just call me happily retired...
I'm retired but while I was still working, I did use computers and had internet access. One of the few departments to have internet. But TUSCL along with a ton of other stuff was blocked. The company made it well known that unauthorized uses of the internet would result in disciplinary action.
Only saw action taken once. 3 people including a supervisor were busted for passing a soft porn photograph (humorous actually) through the PM system. I saw it along with probably 100 others but 1 fat old bitch saw it and turned them in. The supervisor got demoted and the other 2 got time off.
Just call me happily retired...
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I would never try to access TUSCL from work. I assume that my internet use is logged, including attempts to access blocked sites.
FWIW, I tried accessing it at the local public library once, and it was blocked there.
And get the fuck off my lawn.
I've let more than one employee go for what they do in the internet, but never for what they "tried" to do on the internet.
... of porn.
I would never try to browse to TUSCL or even put it in a Google search. I'll admit I do my fair share of browsing that's not job related, but not to the extent of too much time doing so, or content deemed inappropriate. If something is categorized under one of the blocked categories, for example gambling, you'll get a blocked page when trying to go to the site. I've seen only a couple face disciplinary action due to there browsing, but it's usually been coupled with poor performance, not just inappropriate browsing. I think someone would have to be pretty "don't give a fuck" or just don't know any better to try and go to a porn site at work or something that would come under tough scrutiny.
When we cutover to the monitoring solution we have now the guy wanted to verify by me going to a porn site and I opted to try social media instead.
I just use my cell phone for all my TUSCL browsing while at work.
Never known of anyone getting busted by any of the federal reviews, but about 3 years ago we had someone who worked remotely from home fired for using his work computer to hire escorts after his shift. The idiot tried to argue that he shouldn't be fired since he was off the clock at the time.
I was basically at work when I discovered TUSCL. I was up in Ohio at the time. Now most of the time I didn't use my company access, but I did at times. Never had an issue.
Like sc, happily retired. The third time was the charm.
Up until 3 months ago I worked for somebody else and didn't access TUSCL, Instagram, or my photography hobby website at work...nobody needs to know about my private life.
Now that I branched out on my own, I'm in charge of the internet! I set up two networks...one for work and one for personal.
IME, the companies I worked for only used Internet history against you if your Internet use actually affected your productivity. If you were getting your job done, they mostly didn't care.
And, in reality, I saw more people get reprimanded or fired for their on-line shopping habits rather than porn.