03-30-2004, 11:13 AM
Ah... the case of the manager and the 17 year old.
There were actually two different people involved in that scenario.
There was the manager who was actually doing the diddling but no emails... he still has his job as no charges were ever pressed.
Then there was the sales rep who was sending naughty emails to the 17 year old... he was fired just like me.
It's the internet thing that makes the difference.
One of them is innuendo and circumstance.
The other is recorded files on company equipment.
And for the record, it wasn't just this website that I got in trouble for.
I was also sending fairly long emails back and forth with friends on company time. They figure I spent between one and two hours a day of company time doing personal internet related stuff.
I would have liked a warning but I can understand the fact that I signed a paper saying I knew what the internet was for and that the company has a zero tolerance policy in effect.
Did I mention how stupid I feel?
Back to the job hunt.
There were actually two different people involved in that scenario.
There was the manager who was actually doing the diddling but no emails... he still has his job as no charges were ever pressed.
Then there was the sales rep who was sending naughty emails to the 17 year old... he was fired just like me.
It's the internet thing that makes the difference.
One of them is innuendo and circumstance.
The other is recorded files on company equipment.
And for the record, it wasn't just this website that I got in trouble for.
I was also sending fairly long emails back and forth with friends on company time. They figure I spent between one and two hours a day of company time doing personal internet related stuff.
I would have liked a warning but I can understand the fact that I signed a paper saying I knew what the internet was for and that the company has a zero tolerance policy in effect.
Did I mention how stupid I feel?
Back to the job hunt.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.