92% of Employees Want Notification When Boss is `E-Snooping'; Vault.com's New Survey Reveals Attitudes About Internet Monitoring at Work.Business Editors & High-Tech/Internet Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2000 The vast majority of employees favor legislation that requires employers to notify employees of electronic monitoring in the workplace, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Vault.com's just-released, second-annual Vault.com Survey of Internet Use in the Workplace. The brand-new, 36-page study is based on responses from 451 employees and 670 employers. Respondents were surveyed on topics ranging from an employer's right to monitor employees' Web use to the Internet's effect on workplace productivity. The survey reveals that an overwhelming 92% of the employees surveyed support the new legislation requiring employers to notify employees of any e-mail or Internet monitoring Analyzing traffic on the Internet. Monitoring is performed to determine packet volume for network configuration as well as to find out how employees are spending their time on the Internet. This is the first step in determining whether or not filtering should be added to the network. in the workplace. Meanwhile, a surprising 82% of employers also claim to support this proposed legislation. Respondents' comments regarding the new legislation include: -- "Although employers have a right to ensure company resources are being used productively, employees should be given fair warning to change their behavior before monitoring begins." -- "This is not 'Big Brother' at the workforce." -- "Even at work a person is entitled to some privacy." -- "If 'The Man' is going to keep tabs on me, I deserve to know about it." The entire, 36-page Vault.com Survey of Internet Use in the Workplace can be found at http://vault.com/vstore/SurveyResults/InternetUse/index2000.cfm. For more information on the survey, please contact Kate Kaibni at kkaibni@staff.vault.com. In addition to studying workplace issues, Vault.com is well-known for its award-winning "insider" company and industry profiles on companies such as Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), America Online See AOL. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), AT&T (NYSE:T), JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM JPM J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. (stock symbol) JPM Juan Pablo Montoya (formula 1 driver) JPM Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Malaysia) JPM Journal of Property Management ), and Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ). About Vault.com The Internet's leading new media company focused on careers and human resources, Vault.com provides "insider" information on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries. It also offers the much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(TM), the Internet's first-ever network of expert-moderated message boards for professionals. The company also publishes a series of award-winning guidebooks, available in bookstores nationwide. For HR managers and recruiters, Vault.com provides the HR Vault, a comprehensive online resource featuring top-quality HR content, robust networking opportunities, a free job board, and a one-click job posting service that allows the ease of posting on multiple job boards with one account. Vault.com was founded in 1997 by Samer Hamadeh, Mark Oldman, and H.S. Hamadeh, together recently named to the "Silicon Alley 100: New York's 100 Most Influential Internet Executives." |
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