Yeah really...unemployment isn't much of a problem nowadays...at least not in this business. I think nobody in their right mind would work for such a company. I certainly wouldn't. -Dave McGuire On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Aaron Christopher Finney wrote: >Why would you want to work for someone who really wanted to get rid of >you? Being fired from a place like that would be a blessing... > >On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Nick Oliviero wrote: > >> Sorry for going a bit off-topic here. I normally have no qualm about >> including my company email in my postings, it has resulted in some >> interesting and useful dialogue since the topic *resembles* my work. But >> a story that aired here in Houston yesterday gave me some pause to >> think. It told of 3 workers at a midwest company who were terminated for >> ........ RECEIVING !! ... non-work-related email. >> >> As usual with radio news, few details were provided. Was it spam? Was it >> blatant personal mail? I wonder if anyone else has run across this >> story. While I don't believe that my own company would be this >> arbitrary, one has to wonder ..... if your employer Really wanted to get >> rid of you ....... >> >> Nick Oliviero >>

I had our corporate attorneys look into this issue in a general way several years ago. I was told that in Missouri at least, a company may do anything they want to with an employees email, including but not limited to reading it. The catch is that the email must be delivered using company owned equipment. If the mail is received by or transits company gear, it actually belongs to them. That much I know. So, it seems fairly clear companies have a right to read your email. Then the question becomes what can they do about it? I would strongly suspect that if they have a clear company policy that demands no personal mail be sent or received,