How many log in at work?

72skywalker

How much lost productivity goes on by logging into this highly addictive site while they are at work. I want to feel better about myself by knowing that I am not the only one.

MJB14

I might if I could, but I might get fired if I did. Not worth the risk.

TJMAC

I do a couple times a week. Usually, during my lunch. Not that my boss would care if I did it occasionally.

richtree

I would say the contrary, if I didn't log in at work my mind wouldn't be so content in doing the huge, never ending daily grind of workflow.

I think it is a positive.


no ?

onefasttalon

Ya... I check the boards CONSTANTLY while at work.
I have ultra-high speed internet at work... that helps.

pdub1819

It's blocked at my place of work. Probably a good thing since I teach. Day off today though!

Bunker

I will log on and then minimize until I get some free time and then repeat that process throughout the day

stevek

Never, and with my boss looking over my shoulder right now, I'm only posting because a member here told me they were interested in one of our products, and to post the prices and ordering information on this thread because they wanted to place a big order.

Guru

No big deal here. I have my own office and in many ways I'm my own boss.

K

All day, every day. I honestly have no idea how my class functions on a day to day basis. All the people working for me take care of everything and only come to me during a crisis.

It's so good to be LPO!

corvette1340

I sit in my office and goof off all day long. Occasionally I'll sell a car or get someone financed too.

Bigjohn69

forcably retired so yes i do it all the time at home,, lol,, bj

TNP777

I used to log on through the store's computers a couple times a day, but with our DSL connection it would slow down the rest of our computers from what they're supposed to be used for. Ever since I got internet on my phone, I update the boards at least a dozen times a day.

billwaltonsbeard

I log in more at work than I do at home.

jackstraw

I might if I had a job

fattymacs

I'm on a lot on slow days, less on normal days, twice on busy days.

csmtampa

I login when Im at school in my computer class.

Karb

<< <i>I log in more at work than I do at home. >>



QFT!

BunchOBull

I surf the web on my droid a

Planemonkey

Im at work right now

VintageCardLover

fired for logging into a sportscard message board? how ludicrous indeed.

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

EchoCanyon

All the time

Menko

No comment...

jeffcbay

I'm on all the time at work, gives me a nice 5 minute break. I still get my job done, and a couple other people jobs done, so it's all good.

Gonblott

<< <i>It's blocked at my place of work. Probably a good thing since I teach. Day off today though! >>



What do you teach?

bziddy

I am generally logged in from work. I'll refresh the screen once every 5-90 minutes.

SidePocket

Never - probably blocked anyway.

dtkk49a

I would be risking my job if I visited this site at work. That's all I want to say about that, especially since I am home now trying not to think about work.

WinPitcher

Not to be judgmental but I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity?

I sense your attitude regarding this would be different.


Steve

bziddy

<< <i>Not to be judgmental but I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity?

I sense your attitude regarding this would be different.


Steve >>



Actually, the freedom to do that at work is kind of part of the company culture where I work.

How would the owner feel if they took away freedoms from the employees and they 'worked' more hours in the day but were less productive doing so? Happy employees are productive employees.

WinPitcher

You can try to justify it all you want, if I owned a company and people were chatting on the internet on my dime

they would be looking for a new job.


Steve

WinPitcher

How would the owner feel if they took away freedoms from the employees and they 'worked' more hours in the day but were less productive doing so?



He would probably feel that he had the right to terminate them from his place of business. Would be my guess anyway.

These freedoms that you speak of, you take them in front of the boss? Lets say you are in the middle of a thought here and the boss
asks you something, do you say "hold on I'm in the middle of a chat" I'll be right with you. I know you want me to be happy.


Steve

Stone193

<< <i>How would the owner feel if they took away freedoms from the employees and they 'worked' more hours in the day but were less productive doing so? Happy employees are productive employees. >>

This forum would have to be a very big distraction for employees since no one can just look for a few moments and then get back to work.

BTW, it depends on the skill level we're talking about.

It's my experience that hourly wage employees work best when someone's "supervising" them every minute of the day - that's just reality.

mike

grote15

You can try to justify it all you want, if I owned a company and people were chatting on the internet on my dime

they would be looking for a new job.


Steve

Agree with Steve...unless it's on break or lunch, though...work ethic in the U.S. is fairly sad though, so this is no surprise, unfortunately..

bziddy

<< <i>You can try to justify it all you want, if I owned a company and people were chatting on the internet on my dime
they would be looking for a new job.
>>



Glad I don't work for you then. There is also a pretty big difference between chatting and reading a message board for 5 minutes. I agree that unmitigated internet usage negatively impacts work performance, but sporadic use is no different then smoke breaks, coffee breaks, personal calls, restroom breaks, breaks to clear your head. People are going to waste your dime one way or another. If they are accomplishing everything you ask them to do and then some, do you care?



<< <i>How would the owner feel if they took away freedoms from the employees and they 'worked' more hours in the day but were less productive doing so?
He would probably feel that he had the right to terminate them from his place of business. Would be my guess anyway. >>


How would the owner know?



<< <i>These freedoms that you speak of, you take them in front of the boss? Lets say you are in the middle of a thought here and the boss
asks you something, do you say "hold on I'm in the middle of a chat" I'll be right with you. I know you want me to be happy. >>



Am I embarrassed if my boss comes into my office and sees my browser open to something not work related? No. I don't tell him to hold his thought while I finish a post however.



<< <i>Not to be judgmental but... >>


Just as an FYI -- if you open with a statement and then follow it up immediately with "but..." you are negating the opening statement. "Not to be judgmental, but I am going to judge you."


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You have to understand that I have no idea what industry you work(ed) in and you probably don't know what I do. My job does entail being on a computer 8-12 hours a day and supporting users of software and services -- some of them internet based. Internet access and freedom of access are integral to my job such that my company has an acceptable use policy which clearly states what we are and are not allowed to do. Reading this message board falls within acceptable use guidelines.

Menko

<< <i>You can try to justify it all you want, if I owned a company and people were chatting on the internet on my dime

they would be looking for a new job.


Steve >>



You're a theory X manager...

Menko

<< <i>

<< <i>Not to be judgmental but I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity?

I sense your attitude regarding this would be different.


Steve >>



Actually, the freedom to do that at work is kind of part of the company culture where I work.

How would the owner feel if they took away freedoms from the employees and they 'worked' more hours in the day but were less productive doing so? Happy employees are productive employees. >>



I totallly agree!
Happy employees produce more in less time than it take unhappy employees a full day's work..

Allen

I teach PE and the computer in my gym office is not on the school network somehow so I log in once and a while to see what shenanigans are going on that day. Lately they have been less productive and entertaining than ever.

skilow

I do, but I use my Droid. The company frowns on internet usage, while there is no penalty(for all I know), why risk my internet history showing up on their servers.

zep33

I never feel right using the toilets at my workplace. I always leave my logs at home

fandango

sure! when your the boss you can do ANYTHING YOU DAMN WELL PLEASE....its good to be KING

WinPitcher

Just as an FYI -- if you open with a statement and then follow it up immediately with "but..." you are negating the opening statement. "Not to be judgmental, but I am going to judge you.




More justifying what you know is wrong.


And FYI my opening statement regarding this was non judgmental, the ones that followed were.


Is it wrong at all places of business? Probably not, is it at yours? I have no idea, is it wrong in general?

You bet it is.


Steve

WinPitcher

Ummm NO it is not negated when followed with a question.


Please notice the question mark at the end of my sentence.


"Not to be judgmental but I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity? <================================



I suppose I could have written it this way:

Not to be judgmental. I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity?


Steve

billwaltonsbeard

<< <i>Ummm NO it is not negated when followed with a question.


Please notice the question mark at the end of my sentence.


"Not to be judgmental but I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity? <================================



I suppose I could have written it this way:

Not to be judgmental. I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity?


Steve >>



Wow. Now I feel really bad. Now I won't be able to sleep well at night. Some cranky fart on a message board asked me how I would feel if I were the owner of the company.

Well since I'm not the owner of the company; since I'm just another underpaid, faceless name on his payroll; I'll tell you that I couldn't possibly care less.

HeritageAddict

WinPitcher, I work for myself out of my house and I am constantly logged on costing myself productivity....so should I be mad at me?

initialD

Doin it now

Hopefully the boss won't catch me and let me go

Wait....I can't fire myself

bziddy

<< <i>Ummm NO it is not negated when followed with a question.


Please notice the question mark at the end of my sentence.


"Not to be judgmental but I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity? <================================



I suppose I could have written it this way:

Not to be judgmental. I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to
be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity?


Steve >>



It would be better if you said this:

I wonder how many of you that do log in while you are supposed to be working would feel about it if you were the owner of the company that was losing the productivity?

This conveys what you were trying to ask -- "If it was costing you, as a business owner, would you still be so cavalier about internet usage?" There is no need for the "Not to be judgemental" part, unless you really wanted to judge.

I'll give you another example -- if you are at a meeting discussing methods to fix something and you provide you opinion/idea and someone else says "That's a great idea, but what if we did this instead?" What they have just told you is "While that idea has some merit, it is nowhere near as good as mine."

At any rate, the whole concept was a generalization on your part and I understand where you are coming from.

WinPitcher

bziddy

It would have been nice if you had simply answered the question.




Steve

WinPitcher

Wow. Now I feel really bad. Now I won't be able to sleep well at night. Some cranky fart on a message board asked me how I would feel if I were the owner of the company.

Well since I'm not the owner of the company; since I'm just another underpaid, faceless name on his payroll; I'll tell you that I couldn't possibly care less






Wow I won't either (lose sleep( simply because some AH douche bag on some message board called me a cranky fart.

I couldn't care less that you are underpaid and faceless. maybe the reason you are underpaid

is that your boss feels you are an ignorant douche bag? Is that possible?


Steve

nam812

<< <i>..........maybe the reason you are underpaid

is that your boss feels you are an ignorant douche bag? Is that possible?


Steve >>