My boss intercepted me as soon as I walked in, led me into his office where the head of HR was already seated and closed the door. Oh oh. "Cspatz, you have violated the company internet policy and are terminated effective immediately". The HR person handed me an envelope with my last check, vacation pay, cobra application and other paper work. What I felt like saying, but didn't, was.... "And you just figured this out now?". After all, I had been doing it for over 10 years.  

Give us a break. You fucked up and your trying to spin doctor it to make it seem that you got the last laugh. Your lucky that you only got fired and no legal action was taken. Stupid stupid STUPID.

Did you ever work? No wonder the boss was pissed off!

...that you shouldn't have used the same name with your boss as your TER handle?

Very rarely. That's why I was on the internet all day. TER wasn't the half of it. I worked in a Kafkaesque world.

But if I fired myself, then what the fuck would I do? lol

I'm sure you'd encourage a "her" to post all phucking day.

Of course, that fucking fucker spends all his time on TER too!

So yes, most likely it was junior high. lol

I don't take my employees exposing me to hostile work place law suits kindly. Then add in the time I would be paying for you are wasting. Yeah, you would be toast. Sounds like firing you was a great move by your employer. Addition by subtraction. I am sure you won't be missed.

I love having those sexual harassment suits.  This is my attorney...your loss.

Not to use your jobs wifi for illegal activities.I don't even use my hotels WiFi to post ads.Everything is tracked.I'm shocked they took that long to catch you.I hope everything works out for you

He was thankful.  When one of females came in the office he closed the browser.  He was into strip clubs too. He always told us do a good job so I can give you a bonus for a hooker all night.

Sleeping late, afternoon naps and complete time flexibility when playing. Most providers love a client who can meet anytime. Life's good.

I bet they were wanting to cut back employees anyway and used that as an excuse.     They won't like you taking your retirement lump sum if you do.      There is life after working for Co. XYZ.    You will have more money after retirement probably than you had working.   I did double.        I was laid off after having open heart surgery.   I screwed them back and took a 6 month sick leave 2 weeks before last day.    They were cutting back and I was grey headed and not there to complain.   Looked into suing for age discrimination but just seemed like too much trouble for the benefit.
Why company's do employees the way they do for a minor infraction which I think you did.        A warning would have stopped it.       I was a good employee and you probably were too.     They were looking for a good excuse to cut back.    Don't be bitter the company gave you every thing you have and just enjoy your retirement.    A few asshole bosses don't always do the best for their co..     Some try to be the God almighty of the firm.    Hobby on.     You can hobby full time now.

It's difficult for me to relate to such cavalier sentiments regarding your job. Here's hoping that as many people will learn from your example about what not to do in their respective profession.  

and semi-retired...so I could look at this shit all day. I turned on a few of my more "liberated" clients to this and they love it. Especially when we plan our Vegas trips...They're like kids getting ready for Disneyland....lol

One find you as quickly as possible once thay decided to fire you. Thay pay you last check on payday same as everyone else. Cobra application is mail to you though you company insurance companty. There a 30 day termination requirements to get 401k money but yes do it and get a check made out to the IRA choice of yours. I look t ter at work on my prepaid metro phone no there will never flag me.

The jig is up ripmany, how do you manage to misspell the word "companty" two words after you spelled "company" correctly?  Then correctly spell "terminated effective immediately"?  That's worth like a triple points if you're playing Scrabble or something.  Also, I'm not surprised that you've been fired a lot, what's more surprising is that you were ever hired. Anywhere, like ever in life. You gotta be some kind of troll, because no one is that damn illiterate.

Especially that incredibly clueless statement "the company gave you everything you have" What a fucking load of crap. The OP might have been a lousy employee, but the company doesn't "give" shit. You make a trade, your labor for a certain amount of money in return, no one is GIVING anyone anything

Sorry but the company could be sued for tens of thousands in a hostile work place suet. Not to mention failure to be doing what ever he was paid to do. Minor my ass. He was a liability.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfu2A0ezq0

Any company with an IT dept. worth its salt should probably just invest in readily available software for their firewall to block sites they view as inappropriate, rather than going through all of the HR hassles in tracking these things and firing people.

but on this subject, you are a humorless fuck who happens to be correct.

And every employee should know that their employer can (and likely does) track all traffic through their network, and everything done on a company computer.  

You are aware that not everyone that posts here posts from a place where prostitution is illegal don't you?

Obama saved your 401K?  Where would you be if he listened to the other side or if he was a republican?

Everyone cruises sites at work I spent 6 months working for a government rehab department and about 10 hours a week were spent trading CFD contracts on the stock market on a platform I had open all day on my computer and would just minimise it when someone came in my office, and another 10 hours were spent looking for an apartment to buy on real estate websites. I miss those days of getting paid to not do very much )

...I didn't go into how and why I was able to cruise the internet all day as that part is specific to the Kafkaesque world I worked in and would bore you. Not a problem if I appear to be a stupid deadbeat ripping off his employer.  I also streamed plenty of video as well. Not porn, mostly youtube. I was hiding nothing from anyone. My boss knew all along I was streaming and surfing - how the fuck could he not - he just didn't care. Here is the kicker people - I worked in IT!

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Management is putting all types of filters to look for inappropriate websites. I can remember it started happening the mid 90's. I use to wait until the evening to download porn videos. I would cause the company internet to slow to a grind. One place I worked at the manager told me it was a good thing I was on the wall street journal and not porn sites.  

I don't spend too much time on porn sites while at work, but I do surf the web on occasion to clear my mind.

35 yrs.  with  S&P 500 co..    Seen it all and fired some too.    I don't call the man a bad employee when I don't know.     Sometimes the one that looks at the dirty pictures might out perform all the rest.     No one knew for 10 years.     Most all employees spend less than 50 % or less of their time actually working.         I'm in business to make a buck not preach to the congregation.       Just try and take my Komatsu tractor naked lady calendar away from me with their little lemons.

He or she would get fired if they weren't here all day.

There are times on the job where the hobby intersects.  But I never utilize company resources in that pursuit...I have a cell phone for that which is my personal property, and I have contacted many ladies during business hours to arrange and confirm dates, or just talk, have had a few call during meetings, and a number of times had ladies visit me at my hotel on business trips.   Once, had to deal with multiple crises at work the morning after an overnight where I had to call in for permission to work from home on an unscheduled basis instead of being in the office as I should have been.  I was successful in dealing with that despite being almost 200 miles, and two states away!   Plus that, the lady I was with f*cked my balls off afterward!   My boss commented the next day that he wasn't happy about my absence that day, but since we met met our deliverables on time, and pleased our clients, Ok, but, try not to do that again!   But never would I consider putting myself or my company at risk by using their tech resources as carelessly as you purportedly did.