[ironguy]

that's the conclusion I came up with. Couple of people have electronic Franklin Planners...zzzzzz

[ironguy]

that's the conclusion I came up with. Couple of people have electronic Franklin Planners...zzzzzz

[Brad Adrian]

Originally Posted by ironguy

My company laptop was 'emasculated' last week. Ripped open and his litttle wireless card removed.

YIKES! That hurts just to THINK about it. Poor little laptop, just sitting there, minding his own business and then suddenly SNIP!

Good luck, friend. I'm not going to ask what kind of super-uber-secret work you do, because it sounds like then you'd have to kill me -- or at least yank out my wireless card!

[Sven Johannsen]

Originally Posted by Brad Adrian

Good luck, friend. I'm not going to ask what kind of super-uber-secret work you do, because it sounds like then you'd have to kill me -- or at least yank out my wireless card!

Brad, really not that unusual of a restrictive environment. I'm pretty much in the same boat where I work. I just live with leaving my gear in the car. On the bright side, I rarely have to take any work home

[Brad Adrian]

Originally Posted by Sven

I just live with leaving my gear in the car.

Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. Are you telling me that there are people out there who can actually bear to not have their WM device right next to them for extended periods of time (e.g., longer than 20 minutes)?

I just can't relate to that kind of lifestyle.

And, actually, I know a lot of companies are strict about portable devices; it especially became more of an issue once all the phones and PDAs started packing cameras.

I've never worked for a company that had such restrictions. Does that also mean they don't allow employees to take work home, have a notebook PC or own a USB thumbdrive? I'm not a workaholic by any stretch, but I'd go nuts if I couldn't at least do SOME work at home instead of staying in the office until 9pm. I'd MUCH rather leave work at a consistent time, and then do additional work on a notebook once my parenting duties for the day are complete and the kids are in bed.

[ironguy]

I CANNOT take work home with me. Very nice. On the other hand, if my pager goes off, it usually means extra time at work. I leave my phone and PPC in a little locker outside my work area. I can hear them calling me, not understanding why it's so dark. Poor things...

[Sven Johannsen]

Originally Posted by Brad Adrian

Does that also mean they don't allow employees to take work home, have a notebook PC

Can't have a personal one at work, and the 'company' ones are limited. You know those things that occaisionally get lost and there is a big deal about it in the news? The fewer there are, the less that happens.

or own a USB thumbdrive?

I can certainly own one. Can't take it to work though

I'm sure Ironguy and I have one thing in common. The folks enforcing the policies aren't always tech guys, but security guys. If there is a camera hole on the device, the assumption is there is a working camera. If it looks like it has a radio, it isn't getting in and little you say or do is going to convince them it is hidden, disabled, broken, whatever.

[Cybrid]

Originally Posted by Sven

Can't have a personal one at work, and the 'company' ones are limited. You know those things that occaisionally get lost and there is a big deal about it in the news? The fewer there are, the less that happens.
I can certainly own one. Can't take it to work though

I'm sure Ironguy and I have one thing in common. The folks enforcing the policies aren't always tech guys, but security guys. If there is a camera hole on the device, the assumption is there is a working camera. If it looks like it has a radio, it isn't getting in and little you say or do is going to convince them it is hidden, disabled, broken, whatever.

I have lighter restrictions where I work but even those are so haphazardly implememented that it has become routine and actually amusing to circumvent them.

I work in a retail enviroment. My work PC is locked down to the corporate website and intranet plus the order system. To save on licensing costs, this machine does not even come with MS Office. I have a basic xls, doc viewer. Much of the communication that comes down from the Head Office is in the form of xls, doc files and now for the kicker.

Some of these files need me to edit them and then resubmit them back up the chain. So I need to now go use the admin pc which I am not supposed to touch. The "edits" are actually sales data from the order system which is locked down so that you can't get the data in a file...you can only print it. So I print then re-input the numbers into an xls file then move over to my work pc and send out by email.

There are also three separate segmented networks from which moving data requires using a USB key. Which requires using admin privileges... And If I needed to submit surveillance photos for theft issues. I need to burn a cd from a admin only locked PC (Loss Prevention eyes only) , take that and use it in the photolab pc (danger! will robinson! danger!) to copy it over to a USB then take that over to the connected PC (no cd drive) to email.

This is all done with the tacit knowledge of everyone involved at all levels of the company. We do this simply because the restrictions and policy implementations were placed years ago and haven't been updated to match the current business needs and realities. What a flipping waste.

[Brad Adrian]

Are you people with such strong restrictions at work AT LEAST allowed to bring your Furbies in to the office?

[ironguy]

Fortunately, my company provides those at work. We have a central area where Furbies are kept.

Originally Posted by Brad Adrian

Are you people with such strong restrictions at work AT LEAST allowed to bring your Furbies in to the office?