# Posting from work **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270 "2001-09-28T05:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/1 "2001-09-28T05:19:32Z")
I mentioned to my SO that a lot of people at the SD posted from work and she was rather indignant,saying “If I were their boss, I’d be pissed. How do they get away with it and get their work done?” I told her that some had to stop because the companies had installed systems to tell them who was on line with whom. Then I realized that I really don’t know. How DO you that do it get away with it? Do you just take advantage of lulls? Do you get caught up with your work for the day and then slip over to the SD? Do you do it at the expense of what you should be doing? C’mon, fess up. ---
**Author:** ![Mirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mirth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/2 "2001-09-28T06:34:59Z")
I work a desk at the library until closing. We close at 2am. On slow days, of which we have many, my work takes me about an hour to complete. This leaves 7 hours for me to cover the desk. I’m basically just here to be a “responsible” person in case we have some emergency, and also to make sure things are closed up properly. Most people in the library this late are just studying and don’t need anything from me, so I surf the net for 7 hours a day. It’s a super cushy yet highly unfulfilling job, and I’ll be quitting in a couple months to focus on my education. Hope I don’t regret it. ---
**Author:** ![niwroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@niwroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/niwroc)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/3 "2001-09-28T07:02:15Z")
I think a lot of people have been laid off. Others are self-employed. Many will take the 5th… ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/4 "2001-09-28T07:08:14Z")
I’m working on a post-graduate thesis, researching The Mind Of **Wildest Bill**. It’s a 7 year project. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/5 "2001-09-28T07:08:14Z")
I am posting from work now (in Australia, Friday PM). I am the manager of Information Security, my staff monitor the employees net usage. Power corrupts etc… ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/6 "2001-09-28T12:40:20Z")
My company has very reasonable internet use policies. Basically, if you are on break or at lunch, you may surf the web at your leisure.\* I tend to browse the various fora from time to time throughout the day, but only do serious posting during those specified times above. Not that I am the world’s most prolific poster! - With the usual prohibitions on porn sites, racist crap, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Many\_Crows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Many\_Crows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Many_Crows)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/7 "2001-09-28T13:14:38Z")
I’m kind of in the same boat as Mirth. I have a really cushy but non-challanging job. I’m not going to quit because there is nowhere else that I could get the pay and benefits that I now receive. Working for a corporation that employs 70,000 world wide, we are not supposed to use the net for personal purposes, but they can’t catch us all. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Daniel\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/8 "2001-09-28T13:29:07Z")
At jobs where I have definite deadlines, I’m the hardest worker you’ll find, but give me a job that has no strict deadlines just as long as the work gets done, weeeeelllll…it’s a different story. Thus, my job now. Right now 95% of my work is done. There are a few things I could be doing, but I’ve got all day to do them. Plus the fact that my system runs off the internet, I do a lot of site-hopping between tasks. It makes me very lazy and I hate that, but I can also justify it by saying since I don’t smoke, these are my smoke breaks. Hey, I gotta pace myself, don’t I? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/9 "2001-09-28T13:37:17Z")
I work in I.T. and at the moment have 3 computers on my desk. I’m usually ghosting one, working on one and surfing with the other. Sometimes I get headaches 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/10 "2001-09-28T13:39:40Z")
Ditto what **Many Crows** said. Officially, I’m not here. Unofficially, I’m here all day, five days a week. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/11 "2001-09-28T13:40:59Z")
Nostradamus: Do you really think a mere 7 years working on the machinations of Bill’s,ah,mind is going to do more than scratch the surface? As they used to say not so long ago,I’m begging you, DON’T GO THERE! ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/12 "2001-09-28T13:50:33Z")
I work in a call center and post between calls. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/13 "2001-09-28T14:00:36Z")
I have a job kind of like **Daniel Sugar**. I don’t have many strict deadlines and as long as I look busy my boss doesn’t give me anymore work. When I’m posting or surfing it looks like I’m working. It’s great. Not everyone in my company has access to the Internet but those of us that do aren’t monitored. They do have a filter that won’t allow pornographic material to come through though… I found that out on accident! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/14 "2001-09-28T14:03:30Z")
Let me just say one word: Academia. Yup, I work for a major midwestern University, have my own office, my work cycle goes in waves - sometimes a lot, sometimes not. As long as my work is done, no one cares what I do. My work is always done, hence I post a lot. Honestly, I’m not sure if our IT gal **ever** checks internet surfing. She’s too busy putting out fires that ignorant faculty have caused by downloading viruses or crashing their computer! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/15 "2001-09-28T14:07:57Z")
I have an administrative job at an investment bank and I can also do all the work from a day in about an hour. Which leaves lots of time for doping. For a more elaborate view on my (as well as others) approach to work check out this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82748). DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/16 "2001-09-28T14:17:47Z")
I love my job as dba/programmer/application engineer for a 650+ user Oracle based PDM system. When things are running smooth and the current “Big Project” is finished I spend about 1-2hrs a day actually “doing” and the rest is thinkin up ways to make everybodys job easier, especially mine! 😃 Leaves lots of time for surfing/posting. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/17 "2001-09-28T14:20:55Z")
I used to be able to, when I was still in Florida. As long as we got the confirmation done on the towers (I worked for a communication tower company, and it was my job to go through the leases and make sure the only things on the tower were what belonged there), it didn’t matter too much. So I spent a fair amount of time here. Now that I’m in NY, the company I work for has a strict Internet policy. So strict I don’t even have access to the internet at the moment. (Though I’m working on that with my supervisor… every once in awhile, she’ll ask me to print something out, and I’ll have to tell her I can’t because she hasn’t gotten me access yet.) ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/18 "2001-09-28T17:17:04Z")
Another IT worker checking in. As someone mentioned above - a lot of times I’ll be working on a few computers at once on my tiny desk, and while the other 2 are mid-process, number 3 hits the SDMB 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/19 "2001-09-28T17:42:21Z")
hehehehe… right now i am in my Sophomore Chemistry class. i don’t know if high school counts like college as work, but hey… ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270/20 "2001-09-28T17:43:31Z")
I work a half-administrative half-othertypeofadministrative job that leaves me with tons and tons of free time. I am usually a fast worker, which works well with my posting/chat needs. Once I get a job where they actually give me a solid stream of work, I’ll probably fade into nothingness here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-work/84270.md?page=2)