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  • #595064
    seeallsides
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    I keep seeing comments, like oops my boss might be coming in now – Why do people think they are allowed to surf the internet while collecting a paycheck?

    #741745
    ZeesKite
    Participant

    FYI, I noted on another <oops..wait a minute> thread, I don’t have a job. Maybe that’s why.

    #741746

    I work in a very liberal place…I often surf while on the phone with customers/suppliers…It does not affect my work and it’s done in full openness with my boss…If your company has a policy against it and you do it, don’t be upset if you get fired for it….

    #741747

    If they wanted to stop you they could put blockers in. Since they did not, they obviously do not care.

    #741748
    gavra_at_work
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    My boss knows I am on & doesn’t mind.

    #741749
    guy-ocho
    Member

    I work in telemarketing for a large financial institution. While I am on the phone I usually surf the web. It occurred to me that many times when you call a technical support center, or any call center for that matter (such as a bank) the typing on the keyboard you hear in the backround is not necessarily them looking up your information, rather they are updating their Facebook page or chatting with their friends. I know because I do this.

    #741750
    s2021
    Member

    guy- lol! that makes so much sense.. iv been wondering what on earth they need to type so quickly when im on the phone with them..

    i work in a store/office that is usually quiet. there r some days that no customers come in and the phone barely rings.. i cant imagine my boss expects me to sit in front of a computer for six hours a day and not use it…

    #741751
    seeallsides
    Participant

    i am obviously not talking about time when you are not busy, i am talking about my coffee room, shopping, news updating, little shiur here and there – i feel very guilty, thinking about people who wouldn’t take time to daven mincha – i try to make it up but it is so hard to figure out how much time you spent!!! i think i need my own blocker! I am sure bosses mind, it is a loss for them.

    #741752
    bezalel
    Participant

    If they wanted to stop you they could put blockers in. Since they did not, they obviously do not care.

    Does your company put RFID tags on all the office supplies and RFID scanners at all the entrances? Obviously they don’t care if you take them for home use.

    #741753
    koillel101
    Member

    If they wanted to stop you they could put blockers in. Since they did not, they obviously do not care.

    I don’t agree with this.

    #741754
    guy-ocho
    Member

    koillel101: There are many offices which block social networking sites and the like to reduce down-time. If your company didn’t chances are they don’t mind occasionally as long as you are for the most part fulfilling your tasks and being productive.

    #741755
    koillel101
    Member

    I think you should ask your boss if he minds- if he really doesn’t, he’ll tell you so and then you can have a fully clean conscience while doing it.

    #741756
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    I want to go surfing.

    #741757
    guy-ocho
    Member

    in this weather?

    #741758
    charliehall
    Participant

    “Why do people think they are allowed to surf the internet while collecting a paycheck?”

    I’m never really OFF duty except for Shabat and Yom Tov.

    #741759
    seeallsides
    Participant

    you gave me the courage to speak to my boss-guess what-it is often discussed by employers between themselves who are not happy about it at all, they are really dumbfounded by the level of frum people who spend hours on the net, and making personal phone calls. It is a very sticky situation because bringing it up is not fun! Now i have to learn how to limit my bad habits. A Twelve Step Program to stop surfing!!!

    #741760
    yossi z.
    Member

    I can’t surf while I work. I happen to be working in a warehouse not in a desk job but still (I do have a blackberry). Though now that I think of it, I usually am so busy I can’t even take out my phone to look at a text etc forget responding

    😀 Zuberman! 😀

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