24% of Employees Hide Internet Use: Vault.com Unveils Exclusive Report of Internet Use at the Office.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999--

While employers are increasingly monitoring employee Web use and abuse at the workplace, a surprising 24% of employees say that they take precautionary measures to avoid such detection, according to a new survey conducted by Vault.com, The Workplace Network(TM) (http://www.Vault.com).

These survey results are the product of an exclusive new 34-page study entitled the Vault.com Survey of Internet Use in the Workplace. This report is the first-ever-comprehensive study of the effect of web and e-mail use at work.

The survey reveals that employees are surfing the Internet at the office more than ever and that they have developed innovative techniques to avoid detection. Employees were asked to reveal their most effective methods. Responses include:

-- "I clear the history folders, empty the cache/newsgroups and

clear recent documents." -- "(Surfing through) Anonymizer.com" -- "I turned my computer screen towards me rather then in the open." -- "I always have my fingers on the Alt + Tab buttons on Windows so

I can switch to another work-related application very quickly." -- "I use a glare screen." -- "Minimize, minimize, minimize!"

The 34-page study is based on responses from 1,244 employees and 1,438 employers. Respondents were surveyed on topics ranging from an employer's right to monitor employee's Web use to the Internet's effect on productivity.

For a copy of the full 34-page Vault.com Survey of Internet Use in the Workplace, contact Kate Kaibni at [e-mail].

In addition to studying workplace issues, Vault.com is well known for its award-winning "insider" company and industry profiles on companies such as Dell Computer Corporation (NASDAQ:DELL), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Disney (NYSE:DIS), and AT&T (NYSE:T).

About Vault.com

Vault.com (formerly VaultReports.com), The Workplace Network(TM), is the Internet's leading destination for career information. Vault.com's mission is to help professionals advance their careers through "insider" career information, online networking, online courses, job listings, and more.

Recently named "Best of the Best Sites" and "the best way to scope out potential employers" by Yahoo! Internet Life, Vault.com provides "insider" guides on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries.

It also offers the much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(TM), the Internet's first-ever network of company-specific message boards for employees. In addition, Vault.com offers a free job board that contains over 200,000 job postings - one of the largest job databases on the Internet.