And THIS is why I aspire to be the Sys-Admin some day. This is what makes learning Sysco/Unix/Windows networking so worth it. ;)

Ok.

The head librarian of my branch printed out the email, posted it, and asked us all to initial it.

So I've decided to only use the net on late nights after everyone's gone.

It's the end of an era....at least for a while. Perhaps in a few months when the heat is off again I'll be on here a bunch more.

Even so, I have inordinate amounts of free time, so no worries, I'm not going anywhere. :)

:-(

i will miss reading your posts.

i think playing it safe is the wise thing to do.

it has been killing me to have 10 hours of 'net access all day at my fingertips and not check in with you guys...and then, when i finally get home, sitting back down in front of a computer is - well, exhausting!

i have tons more to say... LOL, but, i'm exhausted:cheers:

I know no one cares but here's the nail in my crappy story coffin -

Just got a new email today saying that they are going to send the tech guy around...to disable internet access on all computers.

I'll be able to go log onto the public computers on my break using my library card just like any patron, but other than that, zero net access.

Ah well, I bloody deserve it.

Wow! You don't need to get on to the internet to help patrons? I assume the intrAnet will still be up, though, so you can do stuff like interlibrary loans and such? Ok, I just think you'd have to be able to occassionally SHOW a patron how to do the online library stuff.

Be interesting to see if they notice it hampering your ability to do your job, and install a password to the internet sort of system...

That.......


SUCKS.

Employers who judge their employees by how busy they are rather than by how much they accomplish really get my goat. How sad.

(I always make sure to take my goat back when they're not looking)

It sucks - but is becoming more and more typical as it's one sure way your employer can protect itself from litigation/public scrutiny. I'm not there yet at my workplace, but the days are numbered - already filtering software and firewalls are restricting access to only company approved content.

I love working for a tech company.

Although my internet use has dropped over the last couple of weeks because they are making us fill out time reporting sheets. They claim (and I have no reason to not believe them) that they aren't for checking up on how we're using our time, but rather to build a case that delays in our test cycle aren't our department's fault, but even so, there's only so much truth stretching I can do to fill this thing out, so I'm having to spend a little more time monitoring tests rather than being online. Which is lame, because I CAN do both and no one ever really watches what I'm doing or anything, but I just don't want to risk someone saying, "Your time sheet says you worked 4 hours on this project last week, but I saw you on the internet for 2 hours." Bleh.

That sucks. I've read a lot lately about people being let go for blogging about their jobs - even while not at work.

My company has something in our employee handbook that states they understand you need to use the phones/internet sometimes for personal use. We have all the usual firewalls etc so we can't get to or log into some sites but otherwise as long as it's not interfering with your job surf away. I'm sure somewhere in corporate there's a program keeping track of what everyone's doing but I've never heard of it being a problem for anyone.

We also all use IM to communicate with people in our other offices.

I love my job :) Working for myself means I decide. I'm sure working for someone else now would majorly put a cramp in my internet style.