i worked for a company where the standing policy prevented us from accessing our personal email. of course, i used google to by-pass whatever filters they had in place. i don't think that would work in all cases though. as for why companies restrict personal email access, the only reason i can think of would be to cut down on the number of viruses released into the work environment.
<br><br>as far as i'm concerned, whether or not i could access personal email would not be a deciding factor for employment with any company, regardless of benefits or salary. but if a company monitored my every action, i would only work for them if i really needed a job and/or did not intend to stay for too long. on that note, micromanagement irritates the hell out of me, and negatively impacts my job performance, so i would put up with it only for as long as i had too, then i'd be off to new and better adventures.
<br><br>doug<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Sobolak</b> <<a href="mailto:brian@planetshwoop.com">brian@planetshwoop.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Hi --<br><br>A theorhetical question: would you take a job where you were prevented<br>from accessing your personal email at the office's network?<br><br>brian<br><br>--<br>Brian Sobolak<br><a href="http://www.planetshwoop.com/">
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