Good employee with bad habits …..

[james t kirk]

My company has "blacklisted" several sites which we can not access:

MSN

Yahoo

Hotmail

Facebook, etc.

There is simply no need for us to have access to these.

 

[gumby_357]

How about you provide some details about your equipment, specifically the type of data connection you have, and the routers you have in place. Make and models perfered. You have many options on controlling bandwidth to the internet with out effecting business line apps.

 

[antaeus]

Thanks for all the advise on how to run my business and how to manage my employees. Some of the advise was good.

Now back to the original question: Is there any way to eliminate the browser function with out eliminating the actual functionality of the internet.

damage his index finger. No more clicking and scrolling.

lots of ways to incapacitate his clicking-scrolling finger:

slam the drawer when he looks for staples / paperclips / sticky notes etc...
trip him when he enters 'warm' on the microwave in the lunchroom
fall into him as he clears the photocopy paper jam and simultaneously hit the copy button
make him do a lot of copying so he gets a lot of paper cuts
burn his finger on the projector thats been on too long.

 

[The Cunning Linguist]

Thanks for all the advise on how to run my business and how to manage my employees. Some of the advise was good.

Are you being sarcastic? If so, you sound like a real jerk. BTW, it's spelled advice.

 

[Larry_Fyne]

actually you are wrong.....

Advise reflects a recommendation based on personal opinion: "My advise would be to forget about the flowers."

Advice is a formal directive which precludes an action: "As your doctor I advice you to take medication."

"My advice would be to forget about the flowers."

Advice... noun.... recommendation about action; somebody's opinion about what another person should do

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Advise... verb.....to offer advice; to offer a personal opinion

"As your doctor, I advise you to take medication."

 

[Mongrel4u]

you say he is a good employee which would lead me to beleive that he gets the job done to a satisfactory level. If thats the case then whats the issue?

 

[LadiesMan69]

Thanks for all the advise on how to run my business and how to manage my employees. Some of the advise was good.

Now back to the original question: Is there any way to eliminate the browser function with out eliminating the actual functionality of the internet.

This is a suggestion that may work. Have not tested it but makes some sense to me. Web sites are found by associating a URL with its corresponding IP Address on the Internet. The Domain Name Server (DNS) is what performs that task. So if you disable the DNS in the Internet properties, any web site typed into the browser will not be found. However, the rest of the internet functions, E-Mail, MSN, Skype ... will all still be functional.

 

[Uzo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xPm0o8860M&feature=related

found this...there might be other shit on the net you can find by using google...

either buy some software from FS/BB
or - change the settings on your routher by finding the MAC addy on the comp your employee uses...
or - just unplug the internet from the back of his computer...problem solved.

 

[Thunderballs]

You have several options depending upon how much time and money you want to invest. Either way, start by obtaining counsel because ultimately you will need it to some degree regardless of the action you take.

If you want to terminate for cause which in theory anyways, saves you from paying a lot of in lieu of notice money, start tracking his activity by a product such as Websense (www.websense.com). This product not only tracks activity, it is a very effective filter. First though, develop an internet usage policy and communicate it to employees. Have them evidence that they agree to abide by this policy as a term of employment. If he does not agree then you have grounds for dismissal right there especially if you have employees sign something upon hiring stating that they agree to abide by company policies. Should he agree to abide but still behave the way he is, then you have to document, document, document all the performace meetings and measures that you have taken with him. If you put him on a performance improvement program, you have to document how that went. Still, firing for cause is a thorny area.

Probably the easiest way to go is a termination without cause in which case you basically give the employee a package to take a hike. You can merely cite a lack of fit with the organization as the reason. One month severance pay per year of service is a good rule of thumb. In the end this is usually the easiest and cheapest option since you will have the employee sign a release in order to get the package.

Either way, I'd advise you to seek competent HR legal counsel.

 

[Mufflicker]

It seems to me that this is an employee that needs access to a computer to do what ever other job he actually has and is not a "computer" job. This sounds basically like a case where a guy sets down to the computer to do his work, decides to look up the football scores and gets lost for a couple of hours surfing. It also appears that a browser isn't actually used for his work. Remember a browser isn't the internet connection but an application that uses an internet connection. If this is true then I'd simply remove the icon on the desktop and the listing in the start menu. Yes if he has any computer knowledge at all he can bypass this but if he gets trapped surfing just because it's easy this should work.
Another thought is that if he doesn't have his own computer at home buy him one and help him get connected to the internet it might be the best $500 or so that you spent.

 

[Thousand]

So, how many Terbites do we need to replace a good lightbulb?