PNWguy Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Supervisor at work said the guys upstairs are cracking down on internet usage at work. My department works 12hr shifts with about maybe 2hrs of actual work time needed. We are a security team and 90% of our job is monitoring cameras, networks, and international/national internet news sites for issues that may affect our employees and field offices. We are also on call for PC help and customer tech support. We have a ton of down time during that shift. All the younger guys are glued to their phones, which use the company wi-fi, which is monitored. I just use the work computer to surf gun sites and watch youtube videos. Supervisor informed us that in this day and age, everything we do online is being monitored and noted. Big Brother is real. Not sure what they want us to do for ten hours a night without internet. May have to start writing again and reading novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBO Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Sent from my Jack boot using Copatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I never use company devices / bandwidth to do anything even remotely personal. I learned decades ago that something I find extremely innocent is definitely capable of curling someone else's hair. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I've got a half-dozen laptops / netbooks and a broadband usb stick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 The first time I used the Internet at work, was the time I co-wrote a technical paper on Advanced Tactical Aircraft, with Boeing. It was amazing how fast the response time was. I would do a portion send it to them, they would comment and return it. Then they would send me their portion for my comments, etc. One day I happened to look at the times on the messages, and the response was 2 minutes after I sent it. Astounding. Remember, this was MN to Seattle. Otherwise, I found my work to be more fascinating than the Internet, and it was used only for reference material. It was great when I could get all my Technical data from the Internet. The company library slowly started to dry up and I could throw my technical manuals away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, janice6 said: One day I happened to look at the times on the messages, and the response was 2 minutes after I sent it. Astounding. Remember, this was MN to Seattle. It was great when I could get all my Technical data from the Internet. The company library slowly started to dry up and I could throw my technical manuals away. The first time I logged onto AOL and chatted with some Chinese people, I distinctly remember thinking, "wow. The world just got very small." When my company (mil-spec defense manufacturing) got a microfiche, it blew us away with all the data it put at our fingertips. We'd surf stuff at lunchtime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 46 minutes ago, PNWguy said: Supervisor at work said the guys upstairs are cracking down on internet usage at work. My department works 12hr shifts with about maybe 2hrs of actual work time needed. We are a security team and 90% of our job is monitoring cameras, networks, and international/national internet news sites for issues that may affect our employees and field offices. We are also on call for PC help and customer tech support. We have a ton of down time during that shift. All the younger guys are glued to their phones, which use the company wi-fi, which is monitored. I just use the work computer to surf gun sites and watch youtube videos. Supervisor informed us that in this day and age, everything we do online is being monitored and noted. Big Brother is real. Not sure what they want us to do for ten hours a night without internet. May have to start writing again and reading novels. We're probably in the same age demographic. If you are working for someone else, whatever extra value you can add over the other guys, may keep you in the game longer. Why not learn something useful during that time, like another language, programming, etc? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 30 minutes ago, Al Czervik said: We're probably in the same age demographic. If you are working for someone else, whatever extra value you can add over the other guys, may keep you in the game longer. Why not learn something useful during that time, like another language, programming, etc? That happened to me not too long ago. Some network dude complained about my data use. It ended when I explained I had been paying forr my own training for 15 years and I they wanted to pay for it they could. Until then I was going to be the best educated and trained person I can be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Get a DVD player and some movies. Or work cross word puzzles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeG36 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I limit my usage of work resources for personal stuff. I know I'm being watched. My advice is to get an iPhone or similar with unlimited data and surf on it. Or better yet, get an iPad / tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I'd use the time to start and run an online business or day trade in foreign markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWguy Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, crockett said: I'd use the time to start and run an online business or day trade in foreign markets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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