The first show, broadcast in 1999, drew a million viewers who struggled with home connections during peak Internet use hours to watch a tiny 2-inch view of models parading in lingerie. This year, the folks at Victoria's Secret changed their strategy by broadcasting the show during the middle of the workday. With many taking advantage of company broadband capabilities, more than 2 million high-speed connections were made, much to the delight of the program's promoters. Websense and other companies engaged in fighting the battle in the workplace against Internet abuse are finding themselves part of an exploding industry. Because the boss knows that workers didn't watch the Victoria Secret webcast to shop for Mother's Day.
Sex is simply too irresistible, especially on the job.
Employers know that 70 percent of web surfing at pornography web sites takes place during business hours and with ever increasing access they anticipate ever increasing abuse. The real tragedy of such activity is that it destroys careers and ruins personal relationships. But many workers today have been lulled into thinking that Internet sex is not really sex and that, while distracting, it's a harmless diversion in which nobody gets hurt. Many consider it the safest form of sex. But don't you believe it.