![]() ![]() ![]() The draconian restrictions by companies against personal use of the Internet are wreaking havoc on e-commerce businesses. (just websites visited, and I don't mind if they go to Facebook or Twitter during lunch). I don't want to 'spy' on their PC usage, but I am afraid they will leave me no other option. And I know they all have work to do I gave it to them! However, there is a problem when you walk by someone's office and hear them frantically clicking away on their mouse, then they look at you walk by as though they have never seen you before. Hell, I have to take some time every day to 'look around' at my political blogs I follow just to stay sane. I am a very understanding man, and realize that everyone needs to have there down time. In all seriousness, I am the CFO at a rather large Department of Defense contractor. (Here comes the differing point of view, from the 'Big Bad Irrational Executive Boss Type'). It reminds me of the task I am working on, and helps me set on my priorities. Right now, I am doing some freelance work, and I find TimeDoctor very useful. It used to annoy me because I don't like being watched at work. My former company uses TimeDoctor to monitor us. I would think those computers would be pretty locked down. September 26, Wouldn't a large Department of Defense contractor have to follow the rules of the DoD? I am wondering why your employees would have access to facebook or twitter on their workstations in the first place. I don't know about others, but my internet usage at work that isn't work related is a result of being unchallenged and bored. These are all great tips to monitor internet usage at work, but it could also be a self-initiated effort. Our boss uses Anturis to watch everything around. You can use special software for it, but mostly people use network monitoring software which is installed in the office. Right employers monitor their staff for many reasons and there are so many tools which can do it. Even if you're an admin, the people in tech support can still monitor you either with recording software or in real time. If you are an administrator, and do not hold all permissions on your PC, forget using it for anything except work. It surprises me daily, that many users do not know they cannot clean out all the cache, just the folders that are privy to them, and folders can be set up that retain all the original caches that only the administrator can access. If further follows that companies can install on their machines, key loggers, mail duplicators, but many just basically log sites you visit, how many times you visited them etc. If you're on a company network, you can be remote viewed by any administrator with permissions in real time.įurthermore, the same thing can be accomplished through SQL with remote desktop capabilities. There are certainly some employees who spend most of the day just surfing away rather than working and so the companies need to use these measures to give transparency! ![]() There are a lot employers out there who have no idea how much productivity they are losing and it may be worth the small investment in simple tools which will report on exactly how much none work related web surfing is going on by each of your employees and the type of websites they are going on Well, some may argue that excessive internet use is time theft. Am I right in saying websites update themselves if left on in the background and therefore, this could be shown as a click? Her boss thinks she has visited 45 sites. ![]() After looking at them, she saw some of the clicks were clustered in 1 second at around 45 clicks. She was given a list of all her computer clicks on the internet. But sometimes you just want to goof around so much.Ī recent situation happened with my wife. I mean the time tracking software is useful and helps to be productive and organized. It even shows how company has grown for a certain period. It tracks everything: lateness, working hours, overtimes, level of productivity, breaks. How far back can companies see their employees' Internet traffic histories? Months/years? How long do company servers retain web browsing histories for their IT Department to look at? This program allows you to hide control computers and laptops of employees is compatible with Windows XP / 7/8 / 8.1, Mac OS and the Android platform and consumes a small amount of system resources. In the office of our company we use Refog. As far as I know, iMonitor EAM is one of the best monitoring software programs out currently.Įmployers can monitor Internet usage at work by using keyloggers software. Tracks their Internet usage and see how often they spend their time on Facebook.Īctually it will be quite easy if you install monitoring software on your employees' computers. I use a software called BrowseReporter in my office. ![]()
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