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I never surfed the Web while working at my desk in the office. That's a bold claim, and I'm able to make it only because I haven't worked in an office since the Web was invented. If I had that sort of job today, I would probably be the biggest goof-off of them all.
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Managers need to well... manage!
Dan, It's not just a monitoring and access-control issue. The reality is most managers that have employees who abuse company resources like this are asleep at the wheel. If employees have no other mesasures of accountability, productivity, and results other than having their butts physically attached to the base of their office chairs, who's to blame?!?The Office tv sitcom actually tackled this issue a few weeks ago, as a result of Michael Scott's ethics "workshop". Next thing you knew, Jim was following Dwight around with a stopwatch. And Dwight never even left his desk for the men's room.
I've always half-jokingly thought that the World should try operating as "consultants" for a week, where they have to account for billable (most productive) vs. non-billable hours (less/lease productive).