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Umm, "lunch break"? I don't get paid for that, do you?
PT
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
wrote:
> > I take my personal laptop to work with me. For doing anything for the
> > company, I use the company laptop that it hardwired to their net. For
> > doing anything personal, even something as mild as checking my email,
> I
> > use my laptop, which has a Sprint wireless modem. So if I connect to
> the
> > Internet from my personal laptop, that goes through the same structure
> as
> > my cell phone uses and does not involve company assets in any way. So
> even
> > if I do accidentally get something nasty installed on my laptop,
> there's
> > no way to pass it to the company.
>
> Sadly, this does involve company assets. This involves company time.
> Companies are usually fairly flexible about this, but it should still be
> acknowledged. I am not a manager but I know how they think. From 8 - 5
> or whenever, you're on company time. There was a discussion on another
> list about this. People wanted to do creative writing -- hopefully on
> their lunch hour -- and didn't know how to do this without involving
> company assets. The consensus seemed to be to use a USB stick. Okay,
> fine. Then a real live manager chimed in, saying that, if you do
> anything but your job on company time, then -- technically speaking --
> you are stealing from him, and that's called theft. I'm just saying.
>
>
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