Spector Soft
In the news, for example, I’ve seen a lot being said about how companies don’t permit their employee’s to access certain websites or use programs such as AIM while they’re at work. The real issue is, YOU’RE AT WORK, why are you worrying about checking personal email and updating your blog? I don’t care if you’re bored at work – do something productive – you aren’t being paid to blog, and if you truly think that way…you should be fired.
Lets say that AGn Solutions gets really big and I need to rent out office space just to cater to the stacks of paperwork, plus hire employees to do some design work. If I were to walk around said office and hear an IM ring, or some chick moaning from the random porn site the employee loaded – they would not only be scolded for it but they would be fired. I understand that sometimes you have nothing to do.
When I worked at CVS, at some low points in the day there was some down time; so you had the ability to take a quick drink and then bounce back up and smile as well as say hello to whoever walked in the door. When the store was absolutely dead, you couldn’t find me just standing up at the register twirling my hair around my finger and snapping my gum. I would get up and rearrange and/or clean something. Why? Because that’s what you do when you’re working for someone else. If a supervisor walked in and saw that X number of people weren’t doing anything – it looks BAD for the company. So the next time you’re AT WORK, and sitting at your desk talking it up on AIM with your friends. Remember that you aren’t worth the pay check you’re getting.
I’ve come across sites in the past where people were blogging from work and I honestly find it to be disrespectful. You’re hired to do a job, and a job does not mean you sit on your ass and make sure that your ‘adoring fans’ are in with every single part of your life. I find it disgusting when it’s more important to blog than to get your work done. If you were an employee of mine, then you’d be fired instantly.
It’s one thing to have a blog. Having one myself I can say that it would be hypocritical of me to not hire someone because they had a blog (as most companies do). However, this does not mean that when I’m on the clock (9-5) I’ll be updating my personal blog for the sake of having ‘nothing better to do’. I’d expect an employee to treat that the same way. The software from spectorsoft.com would play a big role in my keeping on top of things. I’d basically see every website loaded and every log-in attempted whether I permitted access or not.
I can see what you’re saying. It is rude to be blogging and surfing the ‘net while the company is paying you. However, being an accountant, we have seasonal clients. We seem to get a massive rush of clients from March – September and then nothing. It wasn’t a problem though – as our bosses told us to bring books to work or surf the ‘net if we were bored because there was no work. But we do compensate for that by working damn hard in the busy months.
But the software definitely sounds like a good thing!
i totally agree with you. ive seen sites about people who were fired for blogging about their job while at their job, or just fired for blogging about work period. when you’re at work, you should be working. no ifs ands or buts. if your not doin your job then you dont deserve to be paid for your time since your spending it doing absolutely nothing. more companys should invest in that software!
I suppose you’re right, but computer monitoring software? Just to make sure your employees aren’t on AIM? Haha. I’d go to some lengths and I, like you, would kick some employee ass if they were slacking off in the slightest way, but I wouldn’t pay for cp monitoring.
In fact — I’d just pile a bunch of work on my employees. That way, they’d have no time to check their email.