Employee Privacy: On Company Time

This is really intuitive and self-evident, but for the record there is a reasonable employer expectation that employees are performing company directed work while on paid, company time. Therefore employees should not harbor any expectation of privacy related to their activities using company property on paid time.

This is why some companies limit web access from their VPN which restricts the websites employees may access. There is also software available to employers that monitors web activity by employees for management review and control.

I am always astounded by the indignation expressed when an employee is confronted with unauthorized use of company devices, especially web access, email and phones. Are you kidding me?

Lance