Dear Community,
My new workplace does not allow free internet access. This is the first time I'm encountering this situation, which set me thinking... How valid or effective is 'restricted internet access' in the office?
Obviously, the logic is to prevent employees from wasting precious office time browsing when they should ideally be working. My contention is, if the employees have been given their KRAs and deadlines, why shouldn't the company treat them as adults capable of managing their own time?
Isn't restriction a regressive measure?
Would like your comments and opinions on the same.
Thanks & Regards,
Lekshmi
From India, New Delhi
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My new workplace does not allow free internet access. This is the first time I'm encountering this situation, which set me thinking... How valid or effective is 'restricted internet access' in the office?
Obviously, the logic is to prevent employees from wasting precious office time browsing when they should ideally be working. My contention is, if the employees have been given their KRAs and deadlines, why shouldn't the company treat them as adults capable of managing their own time?
Isn't restriction a regressive measure?
Would like your comments and opinions on the same.
Thanks & Regards,
Lekshmi
From India, New Delhi
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Dear Lakshmi,
In many organizations, only certain employees are provided with access to the Internet to assist them in performing their jobs. The Internet can be a valuable source of information and research. In addition, email can provide an excellent means of communicating with other employees, customers, clients, outside vendors, and other businesses. However, many employees don't use the Internet with common sense and good judgment.
The Internet is a worldwide network of computers that contains millions of pages of information. Many of these pages include offensive, sexually explicit, and inappropriate material. In general, it is difficult to avoid at least some contact with this material while using the Internet. Even innocuous search requests may lead to sites with highly offensive content. Additionally, having an email address on the Internet may lead to the receipt of unsolicited emails containing offensive content.
Some employees send mass mailings or chain letters, spending excessive amounts of time on the Internet. I have also seen several employees playing games, engaging in online chat groups, printing multiple copies of documents, or otherwise creating unnecessary network traffic.
The computers and computer accounts given to employees are to assist them in the performance of their jobs. Employees should not have an expectation of privacy in anything they create, store, send, or receive on the computer system. The computer system belongs to the company and may only be used for business purposes.
Personally, I am against providing internet access to certain grades of employees. For all others, there should be restrictions on job and career development sites, gambling/betting sites, sex, online trading, chats, personal emails, and sports sites.
This is for now, and I await others' comments as well.
Regards,
PENMETSA
Dear Community,
My new workplace does not allow free Internet access. This is the first time I'm encountering this situation which set me thinking... How valid or effective is 'restricted Internet Access' in the office?
Obviously, the logic is to prevent employees from wasting precious office time browsing when they should ideally be working. My contention is... if the employees have been given their KRAs and deadlines, why shouldn't the company treat them as adults capable of managing their own time?
Isn't restriction a regressive measure?
I would like your comments and opinions on the same.
Thanks & Regards,
Lekshmi
From India, Hyderabad
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13In many organizations, only certain employees are provided with access to the Internet to assist them in performing their jobs. The Internet can be a valuable source of information and research. In addition, email can provide an excellent means of communicating with other employees, customers, clients, outside vendors, and other businesses. However, many employees don't use the Internet with common sense and good judgment.
The Internet is a worldwide network of computers that contains millions of pages of information. Many of these pages include offensive, sexually explicit, and inappropriate material. In general, it is difficult to avoid at least some contact with this material while using the Internet. Even innocuous search requests may lead to sites with highly offensive content. Additionally, having an email address on the Internet may lead to the receipt of unsolicited emails containing offensive content.
Some employees send mass mailings or chain letters, spending excessive amounts of time on the Internet. I have also seen several employees playing games, engaging in online chat groups, printing multiple copies of documents, or otherwise creating unnecessary network traffic.
The computers and computer accounts given to employees are to assist them in the performance of their jobs. Employees should not have an expectation of privacy in anything they create, store, send, or receive on the computer system. The computer system belongs to the company and may only be used for business purposes.
Personally, I am against providing internet access to certain grades of employees. For all others, there should be restrictions on job and career development sites, gambling/betting sites, sex, online trading, chats, personal emails, and sports sites.
This is for now, and I await others' comments as well.
Regards,
PENMETSA
Dear Community,
My new workplace does not allow free Internet access. This is the first time I'm encountering this situation which set me thinking... How valid or effective is 'restricted Internet Access' in the office?
Obviously, the logic is to prevent employees from wasting precious office time browsing when they should ideally be working. My contention is... if the employees have been given their KRAs and deadlines, why shouldn't the company treat them as adults capable of managing their own time?
Isn't restriction a regressive measure?
I would like your comments and opinions on the same.
Thanks & Regards,
Lekshmi
From India, Hyderabad
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Dear Community,
My new workplace does not allow free internet access. This is the first time I'm encountering this situation, which set me thinking... How valid or effective is 'restricted internet access' in the office? Obviously, the logic is to prevent employees from wasting precious office time browsing when they should ideally be working. My contention is if the employees have been given their KRAs and deadlines, why shouldn't the company treat them as adults capable of managing their own time? Isn't restriction a regressive measure? I would like your comments and opinions on the same.
Thanks & Regards, Lekshmi
Hello Lekshmi,
I do agree with your viewpoint. Maybe the organization is standing on their own point. Here, I would like to say if you really deserve to work on the net and you have valid reasons for your accessibility to the net, you should present your need to the management. I don't think that management should have any objections if you can manage your time and meet the competency level according to the organizational requirement. But the purpose of restriction by the management should be exercised in good faith in the organization.
Thank you. You can reach me at
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Gourisankar.S Asst. Prof HR OB ICFAI SAMBALPUR
From India, Pune
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My new workplace does not allow free internet access. This is the first time I'm encountering this situation, which set me thinking... How valid or effective is 'restricted internet access' in the office? Obviously, the logic is to prevent employees from wasting precious office time browsing when they should ideally be working. My contention is if the employees have been given their KRAs and deadlines, why shouldn't the company treat them as adults capable of managing their own time? Isn't restriction a regressive measure? I would like your comments and opinions on the same.
Thanks & Regards, Lekshmi
Hello Lekshmi,
I do agree with your viewpoint. Maybe the organization is standing on their own point. Here, I would like to say if you really deserve to work on the net and you have valid reasons for your accessibility to the net, you should present your need to the management. I don't think that management should have any objections if you can manage your time and meet the competency level according to the organizational requirement. But the purpose of restriction by the management should be exercised in good faith in the organization.
Thank you. You can reach me at
Gourisankar.S Asst. Prof HR OB ICFAI SAMBALPUR
From India, Pune
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