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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 3124867" data-attributes="member: 143">ENWorld and other gaming sites are blocked at my job as well, but I do spent a fair amount of time at NYTimes, Slashdot, and ArsTechnica. Our IT policy allows &quot;incidental&quot; access to non-work sites during working hours. Sometimes I worry that all my clicks are being monitored by our tech department, but ultimately I consider that despite the time I spend on the Web surfing non-work sites, my evals have always been &quot;excellent&quot; or &quot;above average&quot; in every category. Of course, my job is more project-oriented than built around constant tasks.&nbsp; Still, if I had to focus on my job only for the full 8 hours each day, I'd have quit long ago. I agree that the more draconian an office has to be with its employees, the lower the morale (and attendant productivity) becomes. I've read/seen some stories about companies that allow their employees total freedom to do whatever they want at work, come and go as they like, etc., as long as their milestones are met and the results meet expectations... and almost in every case those folks put in MORE hours than regular wage workers, and had higher productivity to boot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 3124867, member: 143"] ENWorld and other gaming sites are blocked at my job as well, but I do spent a fair amount of time at NYTimes, Slashdot, and ArsTechnica. Our IT policy allows "incidental" access to non-work sites during working hours. Sometimes I worry that all my clicks are being monitored by our tech department, but ultimately I consider that despite the time I spend on the Web surfing non-work sites, my evals have always been "excellent" or "above average" in every category. Of course, my job is more project-oriented than built around constant tasks. Still, if I had to focus on my job only for the full 8 hours each day, I'd have quit long ago. I agree that the more draconian an office has to be with its employees, the lower the morale (and attendant productivity) becomes. I've read/seen some stories about companies that allow their employees total freedom to do whatever they want at work, come and go as they like, etc., as long as their milestones are met and the results meet expectations... and almost in every case those folks put in MORE hours than regular wage workers, and had higher productivity to boot. [/QUOTE]

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