http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2008/07/18/Epinions_EMail_PDA_Web_Surfing_Policy_Control_Productivity.aspx BLR CEO Bob Brady's column BlackBerry® at the Beach covered excess business use of e-mail off the job. Today: Excess personal use on the job. en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Debug Build: 60217.2664)http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2008/07/18/Epinions_EMail_PDA_Web_Surfing_Policy_Control_Productivity.aspx#1043Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:05:20 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:1043BLR's Editorial AccountI asked our HR staff to review this column and comment on this. One staffer said she thinks BLR has fewer problems than a prior employer, mostly because our workforce is more educated and professional. Bob: Wonder if you will get any flack about this?http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2008/07/18/Epinions_EMail_PDA_Web_Surfing_Policy_Control_Productivity.aspx#1044Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:46:02 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:1044Sharon StullMy research indicates that some industries have documented personal internet usuage to be up to 3-4 hours per day. That's pretty eggregious time wasting. I think it warrants IT intervention and use of monitoring software. We found a lot of violationshttp://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2008/07/18/Epinions_EMail_PDA_Web_Surfing_Policy_Control_Productivity.aspx#1046Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:22:30 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:1046Glenn PowellMany policies are written to address specific abuses of a small percentage of employees.  Our philosophy is that employees who spend inordinate amounts of time surfing the web, on personal telephone calls, visiting with co-workers, etc, generally