My dad forwarded me an email yesterday. It was from one of his colleagues who talked about the fact that external websites – including sites they need to access to do their jobs – had been shut down in an effort to “control non-work related web visits.”

If a site is pertinent to one’s job, they have to request an order with the IT department to have it unblocked. Each is considered on a case-by-case basis.

My dad is a 60-year-old man. He’s a grown-up. He has two degrees. He has 40 years of experience. He works with other grown-ups. They do serious work in the healthcare field that is changing modern medicine as we know it.

Sure, there might be some people in the organization who take advantage and spend all day on Facebook (though, if they’re like my team, it might be open all day, but they’re not actually on it), but to punish everyone? (more…)