[mrwizard]

According to this article (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194828,00.html), we're all verrry guilty of being on the web at work :)

[ArthurFrayn]

This is one of these things that is on my mind often -has anyone seen a study yet about the impact of internet access on office productivity?

[Dwemer]

The trick, these days, is to become a victim yourself. If you get fired for surfing the net, sue the website for making it irresistible and hooking you on its content to the point where you got fired. I'm sure Barry Zuckerkorn would take the case. ;)

[kron]

What office productivity are we talking about?:p

Seriously, I don't think it's so wrong as long as I have done my job. I have a certain number of tasks which I've completed and for the rest of the time I'm paid for being at disposal. This is my philosophy.

I quitted my job on Monday, by the way, and this philosophy might change in future:)

[Banger]

I bet that's going to be appealed.

[ArthurFrayn]

What office productivity are we talking about?

Seriously, I don't think it's so wrong as long as I have done my job. I have a certain number of tasks which I've completed and for the rest of the time I'm paid for being at disposal. This is my philosophy.

Don't get me wrong, I just as soon argue that the computer has increased office productivity, so the two balance themselves out.
As you know employers don't think that way- the productivity increase will soon will regarded as a given, and then the internet diversion will shift in its regard from an unsightly byproduct, to a costly liability. ;)

[kron]

I'm fully aware of the nonconformity of my philosophy with the employers' beliefs so I just hide:cool: Dignified weasel as I am, I don't have this Don Quixote proclivity towards charging windmills.

[ArthurFrayn]

Flying under the radar of employers is probably the best strategy .
In most non- career jobs there is no benefit to being noticed.
To paraphrase film director Larry Cohen:"Don't make eye contact with the general. You'll end up digging a trench."

[mrwizard]

Haha true, true...I definitely agree with some of the above posters- the computer/internet has of course increased productivity and efficiency in general, and with those benefits come some costs. Still, it's interesting to hear these kinds of stories - definitely means we're moving in an entirely new direction as far as how integrated our lives are with technology.