Nor does he ever use his work computer for any personal writing or to store personal documents. A recent survey from the American Management Assn. More shocking is the number of companies taking action against employees based on information gathered through monitoring software. Greenberg says employees need to realize that whenever they're using company equipment, especially e-mail, there is a capability for material to be stored for review.
Companies have every right to monitor what employees do on their networks.
Many are concerned with worker productivity, but others realize that they're legally responsible for any information sent from company servers. An e-mail, legal experts say, is the same as sending information on company letterhead. Nevertheless, the specter of Big Brother makes some employees nervous. Legally, at least, the answer is yes. This is serious business.