eMail: Capital offense?

From: Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list_at_is1.wfi-inc.com>
Date: Sun Nov 28 14:19:21 1999

Why would you want to work for someone who really wanted to get rid of
you? Being fired from a place like that would be a blessing...

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Nick Oliviero wrote:

> Sorry for going a bit off-topic here. I normally have no qualm about
> including my company email in my postings, it has resulted in some
> interesting and useful dialogue since the topic *resembles* my work. But
> a story that aired here in Houston yesterday gave me some pause to
> think. It told of 3 workers at a midwest company who were terminated for
> ........ RECEIVING !! ... non-work-related email.
>
> As usual with radio news, few details were provided. Was it spam? Was it
> blatant personal mail? I wonder if anyone else has run across this
> story. While I don't believe that my own company would be this
> arbitrary, one has to wonder ..... if your employer Really wanted to get
> rid of you .......
>
> Nick Oliviero
>
Received on Sun Nov 28 1999 - 14:19:21 GMT

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