The Growing Problem of Porn at Work – XBIZ.com

LOS ANGELES — With so much focus on the economy lately, it’s no wonder that the economics of worker productivity are also receiving considerable scrutiny — especially when it comes to viewing porn on company time.

Human Resources departments at companies worldwide are grappling with workplace wankers and the various issues surrounding their masturbatory malingering — from lost productivity to sexual harassment; from exposure to malware to liability over potentially illegal downloads, even long after they were thought to have been deleted by the user — along with the immense legal expenses some of these problems may result in.

While this observer suspects that an equal or greater amount of productivity is lost to instant messaging, email chains and other personal use of the Internet on company time, none of those venues makes for as sexy a headline as “sex.”

via The Growing Problem of Porn at Work – XBIZ.com.

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