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Released: November 22, 2011
Firms crack down on shopping at work
Source: Deborah Netburn, L.A.Times (Free Registration)
If you have small children, a full-time job and an interest in keeping up fashionable appearances—prepare for some bad news: The era of sneaking in some online shopping at work may be coming to an end.
A recent survey by Robert Half Technology, a company that helps businesses find IT professionals, found that 60% of more than 1,400 chief information officers interviewed said their companies block access to online shopping sites—up from 48% last year. And an additional 23% of CIOs said that although their companies do allow access to shopping sites, they monitor employees for excessive use.
Bummer.
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