Miss B... Great reply as always... I work in a med lab twice a week and everyone I work with has seen or even been in a video or two of mine. My boss has watched some and of my stuff, and even asked his boss if we could do a short documentary of an angioplasty procedure...we got the thumbs up...I was very surprised...we haven't actually made the video yet, however later this fall I think we are gonna get serious and make a little 15 minute documentary on the whole process...
nathan miller www.bicycle-sidewalk.com --- missbhavens1969 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > God, is this ever disturbing. And dumb. > > I get that your company wouldn't want its > confidential information > spread around the internet; that makes perfect > sense. I work in a > hospital. Pretty much all patient information is on > computer, and > it's against the law (and morally inept) to share > it, but my company > is too slow and sprawling and stupid to even think > of removing email > applications from the very computers that store that > information, > much less putting a 'no blogging' clause in our > policy. I'm on one of > those computers right now. > > I'd get it if your contract had a 'no blogging about > work' policy. In > my heart of hearts I'd know that it was simply for > liability purposes > so they could cover their butts if some of their > info got loose. But > even then, it seems like such a sad and desperate > idea. No blogging? > Isn't this some sort of information systems company? > How is it that > they don't know how anonymous the internet can > really be? If you > wanted to you could be b/vlogging about all sorts of > work-related > things and they'd never, ever be able to find you. > Now, if you did it > FROM work, perhaps...but from your own home? It > seems desperate > somehow. And Josh has made such an important point: > why blogging? > What if it were something else? Under your contract > could you not be > a freelance writer (I use writing because their > policy doesn't seem > to take video into account) for a magazine or > newspaper? What about a > neighborhood gazette? Pennysaver? What if you > independently > published the journal you'd been writing in a green > Trapper Keeper? > Would that be okay? > > I'm just sick at the idea that you'd be forced to > stop posting videos > because of something this dumb. I totally understand > if you do stop, > but yeesh. What's the world coming to? I guess I'm a > little naive, > but I find it quite shocking. You don't even vlog > about work! > > Also, it scares me some. I DO vlog at or about work > occasionally. > There's the odd video and then there's a seperate > blog that's only > about hardcore hospital stuff. It's got several > unpublished entries > lined up because I iz skared. The only related > clause in my contract > states that I cannot talk to the media about any > hospital-related > anythings. It doesn't define 'media' and is worded > such that you walk > away from it with the impression that they mean > "when Channel 7 jumps > out from behind the bushes with a microphone to ask > you about a > scandal, don't say anything!". Still, I worry. I'd > love to know how > many people on this list work for companies with > policies like this. > Is this common? > > Whatever you choose to do, you've got my support. > That being said, I > vote that you take it underground. Run off with > Heath's idea, change > your name to Ethel Pettibone, do whatever you need > to do. Just make > sure you let us know where to find your work! > > ;) > > Bekah > > > --- In [email protected], "David Howell" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Ok. I work for a company where I am privy to vast > amounts of > personal > > and financial information for both individuals and > enterprises. > > > > My assumption is that they dont want that > information to be > published > > on blog sites for anyone to see. So, to guard > against that I guess, > > they say the employees arent allowed to have > blogs. A rather archaic > > method, to say the least, of preventing an > information leak on such > a > > grand scale that a blog would provide. > > > > Personally I think it's just a way for them to get > their rocks off > in > > thinking they have full control over our personal > lives. I in no way > > understand why their rules are thus however if I > break those rules, > as > > it states in the policy I signed, I would be > dismissed from my > position. > > > > Again. I take full blame and am taking the weekend > to decide if I > > really want to work for a company that treats it's > employees this > way. > > I cant afford to be unemployed however this might > just be the kick > in > > the arse that pushes me into the freelancing world > full-time rather > > than evenings and weekends. > > > > David > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > --- In [email protected], Josh Wolf > <inthecity@> wrote: > > > > > > There's something strange about your company > unilaterally > blocking > > > "advocacy groups," but I haven't the foggiest > what you do, and > have > > > never worked somewhere with content filters so > maybe it's all a > bit > > > more common than I realized. > > > > > > > > > You state that the company policy is no blogs. > What exactly is > the > > > purpose behind this ban? Would you be prohibited > from writing a > > > letter to the editor? Publishing a paper-zine? > Making your own > films > > > that were distributed through traditional means? > It's all a bit > > > puzzling, you know? > > > > > > Josh > > > > > > > > > On Sep 14, 2007, at 9:31 AM, David Howell wrote: > > > > > > > My sites dont have anything to do with work. > However the policy > states > > > > that employees are not allowed to have blogs. > Nothing further > > > > detailing what type of blog employees are not > allowed to have. > Just a > > > > blanket statement. I knew that when I signed > the policy and > agreed to > > > > it. My own fault. I take full responsibility. > > > > > > > > I'll have to check that link out once I get > home as according to > > > > Websense here at work..."The category > "Advocacy Groups" is > filtered." > > > > > > > > David > > > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > > > > > > Does your blog have to do with your work? If > not, how can a > company > > > > > tell you how to behave outside of your > worktime? === message truncated ===
