[thrownawaynw]

I don't know either. The backlash has been really amusing.

It's ranged from engineers claiming they can't work without streaming music to backend office staff saying they need YouTube to help them understand how to work Microsoft Office.

gMail is an interesting edge case, though. I keep a tab open all day long as well as do probably a lot of people. But it's not for company business so it seems like that's not a place to complain. But people are.

Seriously, to any of you CEO/CTOs tuning in out there: the next time you're lining up a RIF just block Netflix for an afternoon and tag the people that complain to IT. There's your low-hanging fruit.

[scottmcf]

we're all mostly technical in here

why the hell are you logging into personal accounts from work devices

[blaser-waffle]

+1.

like sometimes you need to check something on your personal accounts, but that's usually a one-off to do with a private browser. anecdote: i applied to grad school and got a reference from my boss but there were some issues and had to log in to the school account to check things.

that said, unless you're in a secure or radio-free facility use your damn phone.