Should I stop posting from work?

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Thanks for the input, everyone.

I guarantee you they don't have monitoring software. If they did, there would have been a lot more discipline going around. Plus, it would be more than me getting busted. I have one coworker who uses AIM at work, all the time, even if the place is busy. I have done that in the past but the guilt/worry gets to me so I've done it only a couple of times, and during those times I was completely alone at the desk, and helped one patron every 20 minutes.

Don't be too sure of that. It might not be at your location. Are your computers stand-alone or do you log into a network?

They also may have sent the email as a friendly warning before they started the discipline. That happened at my work. They could have fired about 35 people for falsifying, but instead, they put out the warning letter, and gave people a chance to self-correct it. In the end only 5 people ended up getting canned for the reason stated in the letter.

The latest for us has been Cell Phone use while driving. If we are caught, we WILL get suspended and possibly fired. (It is in policy that they are not to be used while operating company vehicles) They had the big meeting and announcement about it this last Tuesday.

Keeping it to a minimum sounds like the best alternative. (If you do it on breaks, that is another good way, shows that you are consciencence of their time)