On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Kenneth Earl Harker wrote:
> Thus spoke Bruce Lallathin:
> >
> > At 02:49 PM 3/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >After all the great technical information I've received and have tried to
> > >pass along on this reflector, I must sadly make this my last message
> > >on the net.
> > >
> > ============================
> > Gee Whiz John, and believe me I mean you no disrespect, maybe it is time
> > for you to find an Iternet Service Provider of your own. Mine only charges
> > me $15/mo for unlimited access to the net and email. I should think it
> > fairly easy for you to secure a similar service. Then, you wouldn't have to
> > leave us.
> >
> > Lets face it, our employers are not there to provide for our email needs.
> > Gotta keep our priorities straight don't you see. hi Not to belabor the
> > point John, but if it is worth having it is also worth paying for.
>
> Well, in all fairness, most employers are not in the medical or life
> insurance business either, and yet almost all employers of any size provide
> for
> their employees' needs, to one degree or another, in those respects. Internet
> access provided by an employer is a benefit in a sense, and having it yanked
> away suddenly must certainly be aggravating. Consider if your employer
> came to you and said they had decided they are no longer there to provide
> for your medical insurance needs, and you should go out and buy your own.
> OK, I'll grant you in this instance the dollar value of the benefit is
> relatively small, but it's the principle of the thing.
>
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Now, this is where I think the issue begins to smell. In essence,
this-type of thinking is a bunch of prunes.
Employers provide medical insurance benefits so you can remain healthy
and make it to work to do your job.
Employers have no obligation to provide internet services to employees so
they can have fun on the ham radio reflectors. Besides, who wants their
employer to know so much of their personal lives as to monitor their
internet activity.
We have company internet accounts, but I prefer to use my own. Whether I
conduct business or have personal communications, I use my own personal
internet account. That way, I don't have any problems with an
intermingling or big-brother attitude. (I don't have a problem with that
anyway!)
In a way, playing personal internet on a company's account and time is
much like sitting in the office reading the newspaper. I don't know that
either is the proper thing to do when being paid by the employer.
Just my personal opinions. What do you think, Dr. Baffoofnik?
Steve/"Junior"/Slim Sample / N9FD (Ex-AA9AX)
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