Getting Fired for Disboard Surfing at Work?

[stevenpensacola]

I look at it this way...the smokers where I work have to go to the "butt hut" to smoke...so it takes them time to get there, they do their thing, then travel back to their work area...some spend all day going/coming to the butt hut...

I look at doing the dis at work as my "smoke break".

 

[LovableGluttons]

All I'm saying is I wouldn't appreciate it if I'd been fired for browsing a forum and then come home to view that someone had posted the reason I was fired to said forum. Yeah, its stupid, but broadcasting it to their peers (even without names involved)? Not so great. If that person sees this, they'll know who they are.



It's not me, if that is what you are implying. As I've posted in other threads, I don't work, I take care of my mom after she had brain surgery to remove a tumor last December.

It wouldn't bother me in the least if this person found this post on here. It is incredibly disrespectful to blatantly disregard a company policy like that.

I work there too and know that our days are really busy and stressful. That someone would surf the internet for fun while others are working so hard is petty selfish.

Even with multiple windows open, given how hectic our pace is, that is a big chunk of time spent.


Sorry about your Mom. I hope she gets well soon.

 

[J/T Gramdma]

What is that? I googled it, but just came up with a post from you on another board.

It was a plan for discounts for WDW and DL. Corporations and Disney had an agreement. You got it thru your place of work. It was discontinued, I think in the late 80's or early 90's.

 

[MsDisney23]

My girlfriend works at a small insurance office out in the country. With the price of gas and food, she now packs her lunch and spends her lunch hour at her desk She ask for permission to surf the web during her lunch hour, it was granted. I see no problem with this in any way. When it is work time, it is work time.

My friend enjoys her lunch, she told me is much less stress than driving back home or running errands in that hour. plus trying to eat.

 

[kim929]

While this is true, I have never heard of an employee fired for this. I have seen it used as an excuse many times, but never as the actual reason that the company wanted to fire someone.

Now, I am sure that it has happened, but no one that I know would even consider firing a valued employee over a minor company policy violation that is not impacting that person's performance. In fact, when this policy is used in my company, I always make sure that it is only one item on a list because I don't want to see our company sued for the inequitable application of a company policy.

You've never worked for Bank of America..........lol

 

[msjprincess]

My girlfriend works at a small insurance office out in the country. With the price of gas and food, she now packs her lunch and spends her lunch hour at her desk She ask for permission to surf the web during her lunch hour, it was granted. I see no problem with this in any way. When it is work time, it is work time.

My friend enjoys her lunch, she told me is much less stress than driving back home or running errands in that hour. plus trying to eat.

There's a big difference between having permission and doing something not allowed.

 

[Jennasis]

It was a plan for discounts for WDW and DL. Corporations and Disney had an agreement. You got it thru your place of work. It was discontinued, I think in the late 80's or early 90's.

But there wasn't internet or the DIS in the late 80's early 90's.

 

[msjprincess]

But there wasn't internet or the DIS in the late 80's early 90's.

I'm pretty sure the Magic Kingdom Club was still around until around 2000

 

[manning]

It's not hard to monitor. Heck before internet our company listened to phne conversation. They erer targeted by computer records of calls made.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

But there wasn't internet or the DIS in the late 80's early 90's.

It was there - but only the geekiest of us geeks knew about it/used it. It was all nationally funded until the mid-90's, and there were no "user friendly" interfaces, but it was there.

 

[Jason@dvcstore]

Someone is being let go at work today for having visited the Disboards website while at work.

She visited the website over 300 times in five weeks!

I like this website, but 300 times? While at work?

I rarely have time to empty my bladder, I can't help but wonder how she found the time to visit that many times?

Internet surfing on company time sealed her fate.

When I heard it was Disboards, I had to share!

300 in five weeks!

Wow. That is crazy.

Jason

 

[browneyes106]

I currently work in medical supply sales and tech writing and for the past year I have been doing my non-field work out of my home. Before that when I had a small office at the company the supervisors were ok with sales reps surfing the Internet during down time such as waiting for invoices to come in and before meetings etc.

As others mentioned it depends on different jobs and the atmosphere of the workplaces. I have friends and relatives who work at places that are very busy and require that employees are always doing something work related. A friend of mine from high school works in data entry/coding for small hospital in the town she lives in. Some days she is busy from 8 am to 5 pm. Other days she is finished with her work by 2 or 3. The hospital she works at goes through periods of time when they are packed with people and other times only about 50% of the beds are full. Her work activity fluctuates Her supervisors are aware of that and have told her she can surf the net, watch a movie or go for walks around the hospital during her down time but if something comes up that she needs help with or do she has to get off the net right away or go back to her office right away. My friend keeps a portable DVD player in her office and she will keep Netflix movies with her in case she has down time. She said that during the days when she finishes her work early she would rather watch a movie and not surf the net after spending most of the day on a computer. She said that audio and video streaming are blocked on sites at work and gambling, porn, and bank sites are completely blocked. She said she could look at a news website but she wouldn't be able to watch videos.

My boyfriend worked at a hotel a couple of years doing the night shift and they were cool with him surfing the net as long as he did the night audits first.

I agree with others if a workplace is very dead set against people looking at non-work related sites the employees should respect that.

 

[MsDisney23]

There's a big difference between having permission and doing something not allowed.

NO! Ya think...

 

[Jennasis]

I'm pretty sure the Magic Kingdom Club was still around until around 2000

Whew...that makes more sense!

It was there - but only the geekiest of us geeks knew about it/used it. It was all nationally funded until the mid-90's, and there were no "user friendly" interfaces, but it was there.

Yes, but it didn't exist "as we know it today".

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

...Yes, but it didn't exist "as we know it today".

Agreed - I was just messin' with ya...

 

[lakelandgal70]

When I worked I surfed all the time. Everyone in the company did. But I did work for a small company. Heck the owner played solitare all day on most days. So I guess you could say our company paid us to play online. haha

 

[Cheshire Figment]

What is that? I googled it, but just came up with a post from you on another board.

MKC was a discount program started by Disney in the early 1950's and afforded free membership to stockholders and people from organizations or corporations that signed up. Usually an organization's HR handled it, but I was able to get the Federal Judiciary into it and handled it as an "additional duty" with my regular job.

It converted to having an annual fee about 1998 and finally was closed down about 2001. It was good for discounts on tickets and rooms, as well as purchases at TDS and the Parks.

 

[Tess]

It was a plan for discounts for WDW and DL. Corporations and Disney had an agreement. You got it thru your place of work. It was discontinued, I think in the late 80's or early 90's.

Disney discontinued the MKC (Magic Kingdom Club) in the early 90s. I still have (and use) the messenger-type bag I received when we joined. I use it when we travel to Disney to carry all my hotel/trip paperwork as well as my carry-on items. MKC was great because the discounts were in place--none of the waiting around for "pin codes" or AP rates. . .I miss MKC.

Sorry for the interruption. . .carry on. . .

 

[Tess]

But there wasn't internet or the DIS in the late 80's early 90's.

The internet was around (although much more costly to access), but you're right--no DIS.

 

[Becky2005]

It was there - but only the geekiest of us geeks knew about it/used it. It was all nationally funded until the mid-90's, and there were no "user friendly" interfaces, but it was there.

Very true!!! Telnet anyone?

Not only that but the place I worked at Venturer Scouts that got to come in and use their computer lab. I was part of that group & then eventually ended up working there (didn't know that would happen at the time & wasn't really the plan).