Stingiest thing your company does

ty2050 on 25/05/2015 - 05:53
Last edited 25/05/2015 - 09:34

After the interesting read over at.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/195136
I'd like to know the opposite.

My 2 cents:
I work at a industrial construction site, I stay at a side camp after 6pm and Sunday lunch. Fruit is completely off the menu. I once opened up the fridge to get a peice, got yelled at and told if I ever get fruit once the doors are shut I'll be removed from camp.

On the main camp apparently they block access to all porn sites. Must go down well 800+ men working with other men with no access to porn. Occording do other employees this is Australian wide on most camps.

Edit: For clarification on the main camp. Main camp is a place where the workers go after work to eat sleep ect not a place for work. There for it is in there own personal time and not getting paid.

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Comments

  • inherentchoice on 25/05/2015 - 06:14
    +7

    So it's stingy that they blocked porn?! I would've said that is appropriate.

    A colleague once accessed porn on a work computer and got caught. Then the HR manager marched him straight into the CEO's office and then straight out the building.

    • ty2050 on 25/05/2015 - 09:35
      -1

      Please read the edit for more clarification. I should probably stated it from the start. Allowing porn access on a work computer would be outrageous.

  • Davros on 25/05/2015 - 06:26
    +3

    Yeah, use your own device and your own time if you want a wank

    • iridiumstem on 25/05/2015 - 06:55

      I think the only way that it could seem appropriate for the company to not block the porn sites is if the workers have to live there for long period of time and if the internet access that he's referring to is an internet access for their personal usage during after work hours at their private rooms or something like that. Even then, I wouldn't blame the company if they block porn sites, since they can be a security threat.

  • Vieira4 on 25/05/2015 - 07:54
    +2

    My company removed the teabags, coffee and sugar sachets and milk. They made it BYO.

  • xoom on 25/05/2015 - 08:20

    Porn… teabags…

    Must resist inuendo.

    As for access to it. I think that poses a security risk browsing those sites. Not to mention HR wanting to have a word.

    In mining sites. I say the BYO approach would have to apply.

  • mskeggs on 25/05/2015 - 09:25
    +12

    I am told of a guy who was working late. The new CEO walked past, they were the last two left on the floor. The CEO walks over, the worker thinks he might get noticed for his unpaid overtime. The CEO says, you should bring a lamp from home if you are going to work this late so we don't have to leave all the lights on.

    • purplelady on 25/05/2015 - 13:46
      +2

      wow, that's tight ass

  • dbun1 on 25/05/2015 - 09:28
    +2

    "On the main camp apparently they block access to all porn sites. Must go down well 800+ men working with other men with no access to porn. Occording do other employees this is Australian wide on most camps."

    How is this considered stingy!?
    This is standard company policy at nearly every site.

    • ty2050 on 25/05/2015 - 09:45
      -3

      It's what was complained about at work, I had nothing to do with it as I stay at a side camp. But I don't think it's a smart idea when some construction workers don't have a way to blow off steam you're bound to see conflicts with other workers. And 28 days without are bound to drive some people mad.

      • [Deactivated] on 25/05/2015 - 10:26
        -1

        I think it is a little silly that they filter the internet for people to use on their own time and own devices. From a HR perspective I guess I can see why they do it, but its a little harsh.

        If I was in the same position, especially knowing that this is the policy, I would download the stuff before leaving my home.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/05/2015 - 12:21
    +2

    My goodness. You ARE funny. Own time. COMPANY internet… Own device. COMPANY internet. What is it you are not understanding/accepting about it being inappropriate to consume porn using internet your WORK PLACE provides? There would be so many possibilities for PR disaster.

  • adante on 25/05/2015 - 12:44

    On the main camp apparently they block access to all porn sites. Must go down well 800+ men working with other men with no access to porn. Occording do other employees this is Australian wide on most camps.

    I suspect part of the reason they do this is actually bandwidth mitigation. They generally don't have a blazing fast internet connection and porn is pretty bandwidth intensive.

    It might not be the right thing to do but it's an easy and cheap shot way to cut down the traffic. Hard one to protest against.

  • airzone on 25/05/2015 - 12:54

    I once had to travel to Dubai for work, and they wouldn't fly me business class since I could stop at Singapore for a few hours break. And yet when the CEO traveled to Dubai (the week after), he could take the company jet. What a gyp.

    • PVA on 25/05/2015 - 13:14
      +1

      similar thing for me, I have to actually drive my own vehicle, I dont have a driver supplied for me like the CEO - ripped off.

  • PVA on 25/05/2015 - 13:17
    +1

    porn blocking is because you are still under the company in the camp, even though it is time off. The same would be people surfing porn during lunch, its your own time but at work.

    Thats a pretty minor thing to be complaining about.

  • tonyjzx on 26/05/2015 - 13:10

    I've worked for a bunch of construction companies… they all had extremely strict internet policies simply because the vast majority of people there are blue collar type workers.

    I've seen porn left on company laptops and phones. I dont really care what you have on your BYOD device but you're so hard up you need to wack off on porn on company phones and laptops? yuck

  • DrDollar on 20/08/2015 - 09:08
    +1

    When I worked in admin part of my job role was to remove stamps without postage marks from letters we had received.

    I would tear the envelope with the stamp attached, soak it for 3 hours, remove the stamp from the envelope, let it dry upside down and then glue it onto new letters.

    We received a lot of mail so a batch could save ~$20-$30.

    New stamps were sacred and hidden away in the boss's handbag. We had to ask for special permission to access these.

    Considering my dismal hourly rate at the time I think she ended up saving money, but I can't imagine what our customers thought when they received mail from us…

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