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Is OcUK banned at your workplace?
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no problems for me. now if I only had time to read it at work...
Not come across many sites at work which are banned (though RSPCA for Maidenhead was), it uses some system based on reputation or something and then blocks site.. OCUK therefore is fine.
And if anything is blocked or I need to go on something "else" I have my own server connected to our lab network (the lab network which has its dedicated leased line) and not connected to the massive corporate lab network
Hop on that server and do what I like
And if anything is blocked or I need to go on something "else" I have my own server connected to our lab network (the lab network which has its dedicated leased line) and not connected to the massive corporate lab network
Hop on that server and do what I like
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Nope. A couple of the weightlifting forums I go on are blocked though as apparently they're to do with 'unregulated compounds' - whey and creatine = steroids, apparently.
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I'm the sys admin, so no, never. 
That's really draconian
Unknown to them Microsoft monitored their own staff for productivity and after reading an email it took the better employees 23 minutes to reach the level of work they were at prior to reading it. The worst took nearly 2 hours.
If I ran a company I'd block it too. God knows how much time is lost with those that browse this place at work
I do 90% of my browsing at work
but most of my job is waiting and reacting when things happen. I do notice our apprentices though, every 10 steps they check something on their phone. It's definitely becoming an issue.
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I'm a student and it isn't blocked
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Nope, both my boss and his boss have 'caught' me on tinternet and not a single word said (I don't even bother minimising now).
Luckily I work in a fairly relaxed non-corporate environment with bosses who know how much work I do so write off any internet time as a short break from the madness.
Luckily I work in a fairly relaxed non-corporate environment with bosses who know how much work I do so write off any internet time as a short break from the madness.
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That's really draconian
Why?
If you're paid to do a job, then you should do that job. Browsing the web on company time is wasting time. The office folk of today really are slack. Imagine having to actually work for a living! I know, sending emails and writing reports is classed as work these days
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Thankfully as a member of our IT Operations team I enjoy all the wonders of the internet without restriction while at work. It's probably deliberate, they don't want us leaving our desks at any time.... 
I'm the sys admin, so no, never.
same here.. and I'm good friends with the guys in IT downstairs.. haha
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My old employer (an ISP who I was with for my broadband service) thought it'd be amusing to block OcUK (and a couple of MG Rover forums) and see if I noticed.
Unfortunately they did it across their entire customer base of around 30,000 people. Smooth.
Unfortunately they did it across their entire customer base of around 30,000 people. Smooth.
Why?
If you're paid to do a job, then you should do that job. Browsing the web on company time is wasting time. The office folk of today really are slack. Imagine having to actually work for a living! I know, sending emails and writing reports is classed as work these days
You're not one of these people who thinks it's not work unless you're working up a sweat are you? The knowledge based economy is a real thing, has been for a while, and isn't going away. The concept of 'company time' is pretty alien now - you get paid a salary to perform certain duties, not to be seen to be working for x amount of hours per day. Work can happen in the morning while you're having breakfast at home and it's not uncommon to have to sort out non-work issues during the working day.
Blocking websites is pointless (outside of the stuff that has the potential to get you sued by people who happen to see what someone else is doing and gets offended) since if someone is bored enough or badly managed enough to kill time on random websites for half the day then they will just do it on their smartphones if they can't do it on their PCs. If they aren't performing then that's a people management problem, not an IT one.
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