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Surfing While at Work

There are many people who just surf the internet for fun during work or use their email for other purposes then strictly work. An interesting survey shows that more than a quarter of employers have fired workers for misusing e-mail and one third have fired workers for misusing the Internet. In many cases the employees were accessing pornographic websites or other sites considered to be offensive. When it comes to emails there have been cases of employees being fired due to using curse language in their emails. In order to have everything under control many companies monitor their internet connections and as a matter of fact it has been said that 66% of companies monitor their Internet connections. In many cases companies do not even have to notify employees that their activity at the computer is monitored.