Posting during the day? At work? How?

[preciousjeni]

I was just talking about this yesterday! When I was hired, I told my then-boss that I was very active in my sorority and was planning to run for national office at some point in the near future. So, I would likely need to respond to e-mails and such during work hours. She said she was completely open to staff doing personal work at the desk if, and only if, it didn't interfere with work. So, my e-mailing expanded to Greek Chat and other things. I'm one of the most productive people in the office and my current boss loves me, so she doesn't care at all what I do.

I guess it doesn't hurt that I'm also one of a handful of people in the office with administrator privileges on the network since I do some of the IT work. I have no firewall and I have no remote viewer on my system. I could be planning a hostile takeover for all they know.

[indygphib]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I was just talking about this yesterday! When I was hired, I told my then-boss that I was very active in my sorority and was planning to run for national office at some point in the near future. So, I would likely need to respond to e-mails and such during work hours. She said she was completely open to staff doing personal work at the desk if, and only if, it didn't interfere with work. So, my e-mailing expanded to Greek Chat and other things. I'm one of the most productive people in the office and my current boss loves me, so she doesn't care at all what I do.

I guess it doesn't hurt that I'm also one of a handful of people in the office with administrator privileges on the network since I do some of the IT work. I have no firewall and I have no remote viewer on my system. I could be planning a hostile takeover for all they know.

That's awesome! I work at a school. Our IT department (and firewall, for that matter) is so anal-retentive that even the word "Nazi" is BLOCKED from Google Search. Imagine the surprise of the social studies department when the teachers tried to do additional research for their unit on WWII.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by indygphib

That's awesome! I work at a school. Our IT department (and firewall, for that matter) is so anal-retentive that even the word "Nazi" is BLOCKED from Google Search. Imagine the surprise of the social studies department when the teachers tried to do additional research for their unit on WWII.

I used to work at a Christian college in the Academic Success Writing and Research Center and we had the same problem. They even blocked the word "sex" so students who were trying to do papers on "premarital sex" were blocked.

In another instance, I was making a presentation at a local elementary school about internet safety for parents and their children. Part of my presentation included youtube videos that I had downloaded and put into the presentation. The computers were old and couldn't seem to handle the videos so I tried to go right to youtube and found that entire site to be blocked.

I know now to always check ahead on the technology whenever I present outside of my office!

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally Posted by indygphib

That's awesome! I work at a school. Our IT department (and firewall, for that matter) is so anal-retentive that even the word "Nazi" is BLOCKED from Google Search. Imagine the surprise of the social studies department when the teachers tried to do additional research for their unit on WWII.

That happened to me in my old district. I teach biology and all manner of words associated with the reproductive system were blocked. Many of the teachers across various departments lobbied for teacher access, so we were able to search for scary words like breast and Nazi in peace.

The current school I work at probably wouldn't care, but I just don't post during work hours. Since I'm on such a different time zone, most people aren't posting when I'm at work. Its been a bit of exception the last few weeks since I've been off for holiday, but starting soon it will be back to the grind.