Comments on: Just Because You’ve Been Diagnosed as Paranoid Doesn’t Mean That Your Company Isn’t Watching You http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/ Know More HR. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:07:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Scott McArthur http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 Scott McArthur Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:57:47 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/#comment-2019 Yea! What made it worse was that it was a manufacturing business with some very specialised skills. We did manage however and in fact the factory broke records the following month. I wonder what that says for the workforce. I put it down to a kind of corporate "action slip" where a group of people make a mistake and get in so deep they can't get out. The one thing that makes you reflect though is this, often although the pain at the point of separation is shared between the person and the business (especially the HR professional) the pain tends to fade quickly for the staff but lingers for the HR practitioner. I have the scars to show for it! Yea! What made it worse was that it was a manufacturing business with some very specialised skills. We did manage however and in fact the factory broke records the following month. I wonder what that says for the workforce. I put it down to a kind of corporate “action slip” where a group of people make a mistake and get in so deep they can’t get out.

The one thing that makes you reflect though is this, often although the pain at the point of separation is shared between the person and the business (especially the HR professional) the pain tends to fade quickly for the staff but lingers for the HR practitioner. I have the scars to show for it!

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2018 Frank Roche Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:53:38 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/#comment-2018 Ah, yes, the denial. It's the Prisoner's Dilemma. And inevitably there's evidence. Add this to another cautionary tale. Wow...I can't imagine how upside-down it must have been minus 60 people, no matter the size of the organization. Ah, yes, the denial. It’s the Prisoner’s Dilemma. And inevitably there’s evidence. Add this to another cautionary tale. Wow…I can’t imagine how upside-down it must have been minus 60 people, no matter the size of the organization.

]]> By: Scott McArthur http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2017 Scott McArthur Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:44:43 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/#comment-2017 It was a combination of denial and content! Terrible few weeks for the business and the individuals alike. It was a combination of denial and content! Terrible few weeks for the business and the individuals alike.

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2016 Frank Roche Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:41:48 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/#comment-2016 Scott, that is a zoiks! moment. I guess that I can think of ways that companies can make sure their employees are not working in a hostile working environment and still not be Big Brother. Wow, 60 people. What was the 'for cause" element? Misuse of company resources? Or was it about porn specifically? In other words, was it bandwidth and not content? Scott, that is a zoiks! moment. I guess that I can think of ways that companies can make sure their employees are not working in a hostile working environment and still not be Big Brother. Wow, 60 people. What was the ‘for cause” element? Misuse of company resources? Or was it about porn specifically? In other words, was it bandwidth and not content?

]]> By: Scott McArthur http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2015 Scott McArthur Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:35:12 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/#comment-2015 I have to "let go" 60 people a while back for distributing porn over the company email system. Totally stupid and a waste of a lot of people's time. I belive that people should be free to do what they like but that was taking it a bit far! I have to “let go” 60 people a while back for distributing porn over the company email system. Totally stupid and a waste of a lot of people’s time. I belive that people should be free to do what they like but that was taking it a bit far!

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 Frank Roche Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:35:28 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/#comment-2014 Chris, that is another really great story of e-mail staying around...and being used. Amazing about that one. I wonder what it costs to wash shame out of his clothes. Chris, that is another really great story of e-mail staying around…and being used. Amazing about that one. I wonder what it costs to wash shame out of his clothes.

]]> By: Chris Took http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 Chris Took Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:27:34 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/21/just-because-youve-been-diagnosed-as-paranoid-doesnt-mean-that-your-company-isnt-watching-you/#comment-2011 Too true. There was that quality story at a law firm the other day where the entire company got copied into a dispute over a ketchup stain on a suit. One of the directors on circa 100k was trying to squeeze our of a PA on circa 20k the £5 dry cleaning cost. I think is now on a sabbatical. Too true. There was that quality story at a law firm the other day where the entire company got copied into a dispute over a ketchup stain on a suit. One of the directors on circa 100k was trying to squeeze our of a PA on circa 20k the £5 dry cleaning cost. I think is now on a sabbatical.

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