Emails
By smartie0317
@smartie0317 (1610)
United States
August 12, 2010 2:11pm CST
I was reading an website and it was about people getting fired from their jobs for abusing the email system. They didn't send emails that were work related. Some were offensive and some were silly. However, all parties, from different companies and countries, got fired. Do you think someone should be fired the first time they abuse their job's email system? Even if it's not offensive?
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4 responses
@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
12 Aug 10
Smartie-
I think this is a case of why employees should read through their company handbook on their first day of work. They should know what their company allows and does not allow while on the clock. I also feel this is also about common sense. I would assume most people would know the possibilities of their boss reading their company emails and finding out about “parties” that people were involved. It is also in poor taste, in my opinion, to be going on company email and bragging about how hung over you are from the party the night before. I have no idea what was said in the article you read, so I’m just guessing as to what may or may not have been offensive. Something we should all keep in mind when on the job is that what may not be offensive to us may very well be offensive to someone else.
Namaste-Anora
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
13 Aug 10
I agree but if it is listed in the company policy though then they must abide. Employers cannot stand over anyone's shoulder watching an employees every move and well they feel that if this is being done on company time then what else could they be wasting company dollars on.
I know where I last worked this was a major problem and although it was on the slide a lot of them should have been fired as the employees wasted hours of work time on watching emailed videos and not fully concentrating on their work. Which lead to many of us cleaning the mess.
So this is why some companies avoid it in total and try to set examples to all the employees.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
13 Aug 10
Most companies do not alloW their employees to send out personal email . I suppose if an employees receives a dirty email he should tell his employer. And. I would assume that the message "we don't tolerate profane language in person or by correspondence" or a similar warning would be where everyone could see.
Therefore that employee who first wrote or did not tell of that dirty email knew what he was doing was wrong.
@6precious102 (4043)
• United States
17 Aug 10
The first time they send an email that's not job related I think they should be warned that the company does not tolerate this and what will happen if it happens again. If they're caught a second time sending non-work related emails they should be fired.
