There is nothing wrong with surfing the Internet while you are working. Sometimes you have legitimate stress or you are actually busting your ass and you just need a little break. Most employers realize this and don’t have a problem because it does help with productivity (less stress more productivity). However, this is not going to apply to those of us that are rarely stressed and never bust our ass (well not often). We are going to use this time, and maybe a little more, to out advantage.

Like practicing safe sex, you should always protect yourself when entering un-charted waters. In both cases, not being careful can lead to an unexpected surprise, be it a bouncing baby, an interesting rash, or a pink slip. You need to be wary about the types of websites you want to ‘discreetly’ visit during the daily grind. Sure there are the sites that we all know and love, (my favorite being the Internet Movie Data Base http://www.imdb.com) but if they can get you into trouble… look at them at home. Listed below are a few pointers to help make your workday surfing experience, a safe and enjoyable one.

Finally going back to the censorship thing, IT can check on your email but they can and do track your Internet usage. The only thing here is it takes time and energy to check every ones usage and IT just does not have time. So be aware of what your IT department or whoever tracks these things is like for strictness. Find out if anyone has ever gotten into trouble over his or her Internet usage and find out why. Most people that get into trouble over this sort of thing are people that the company is looking for an excuse to get rid of them anyway and after reading this book you will never have to worry about that again.

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