Poor Work Performance Blamed on Internet

[Phanatic]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_hi_te/malaysia_internet_misuse

Duh!

Welcome to the modern age bitches!!

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - About 20 percent of government staff in one Malaysian state use the Internet for personal activities including downloading pornography, music and games, the national news agency reported Tuesday.

This was one of the main causes of poor work performance in Johor state, Bernama said quoting a top state official, Norsiah Harun, adding that large file downloads also considerably slowed the state government's computer system.

Norsiah said the government viewed the matter seriously and would enforce the relevant regulations soon. She reminded all department heads to be firm in tackling the problem and to remind their staff of their responsibilities, Bernama said.

"Government staff are also reminded not to take too long during morning and afternoon breaks," she said.

[Tomahawk]

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[Sgt PSN]

About 20 percent of government staff in one Malaysian state use the Internet for personal activities including downloading pornography, music and games,

Haven't those dumbasses ever heard of firewalls? 

[Reidme]

My workplace just completely cutoff access to outside email accounts. They also restricted most  lower level employees from outgoing or incoming email with their company accounts, except interoffice. They upgraded the firewalls too. I imagine it is in response to leaked emails and files in a high profile product liability lawsuit we are facing right now, but it seems to be a trend.

I of course had to try and access my hotmail account, and although it blocked me, my area head got an email telling him I was now on the "watch list" for internet activity monitoring. He wasn't supposed to share that, but he would prefer we both not have to deal with any problems I guess.

Big Brother is here.