Comment If I can't have privacy once in a while... (Score 1) 512
Well, any company is of course free to search anything they want on their network -- if nothing else, just to optimize performance.
However, any company that tried to completely ban private thinking (or communication) in the workplace would see me quitting on the spot. I do a lot of company thinking on "my own" time, and quite some private thinking on "corporate" time, and the employers that don't understand that the line between "corporate time" and "private time" has become heavily blurred over the last 10 years simply don't deserve me working for them.
I wouldn't have trouble with sysadmins scanning my mail, but if he/she can't cope with what he/she reads, it's his/her problem. And any type of content or communication being banned would just make me quit on the spot. I'm their asset, not the other way around.
I'd recommend taking some time to do some serious explaining to HR and then blankly refusing (I'd do it even at the cost of my job, I can get a new one in no time, they can't get a new employee without heavy investments).
However, any company that tried to completely ban private thinking (or communication) in the workplace would see me quitting on the spot. I do a lot of company thinking on "my own" time, and quite some private thinking on "corporate" time, and the employers that don't understand that the line between "corporate time" and "private time" has become heavily blurred over the last 10 years simply don't deserve me working for them.
I wouldn't have trouble with sysadmins scanning my mail, but if he/she can't cope with what he/she reads, it's his/her problem. And any type of content or communication being banned would just make me quit on the spot. I'm their asset, not the other way around.
I'd recommend taking some time to do some serious explaining to HR and then blankly refusing (I'd do it even at the cost of my job, I can get a new one in no time, they can't get a new employee without heavy investments).
