So how many bloggers out there are blogging on company time?
Would your boss approve of your daily commitment to your blog?
Mark Sahm, who wrote an entry for BlogCritics called,
Blogging on Company Time, says he blogs on company time and
he says the company policy allows web surfing as long as it is
kept to a minimum. However, the company policy says nothing about blogging.
Currently, the form I signed for my company says that the employee
is allowed to peruse the Internet or send personal messages, but it
should be kept to a minimum, and "not interfere with any company
affairs." It's an honor system of sorts, but every one of us knows
we take advantage of it so we can do our daily communications and
(for you angry bloggers out there) circumvent our stress.
Mark wonders how long the good times will last. Will
employers eventually crack down on employee blogging
that is not work-related? Mark writes:
Eventually though, I wonder to what degree companies will do away
with this honor system. That a security guard server will survey
every time Mark updates his blog or visits a site that can't
possibly have anything to do with company business, and hit me
with an automated e-mail that docks me a twenty-spot for all
unauthorized activity. While I erase my Firefox cache almost every
day, I wonder if that even matters anymore. How long will it be
before our Internet freedoms at work are taken away for good?
