Comments on: Office Politics http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2008/09/office-politics.html Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:21:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: darius http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2008/09/office-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-100 darius Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:19:46 +0000 http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2008/09/office-politics.html#comment-100 interesting, thanks for the comment ally! i think it also gets tough when you factor in a blackberry. mine tends to automatically choose the correct "from" address, but sometimes (like when using viigo), it will only let me send from my work email. this has recently caused some personal emails to infiltrate my ruder finn account. but nothing illegal....yet! interesting, thanks for the comment ally!

i think it also gets tough when you factor in a blackberry. mine tends to automatically choose the correct “from” address, but sometimes (like when using viigo), it will only let me send from my work email.

this has recently caused some personal emails to infiltrate my ruder finn account. but nothing illegal….yet!

]]> By: Alison http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2008/09/office-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-99 Alison Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:22:23 +0000 http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2008/09/office-politics.html#comment-99 There's nothing in my work email that could incriminate me for anything serious. But that has more to do with my line of work than anything else. I do agree that a lot of people probably aren't as comfortable with the idea of transparency as they would like to be, or think they should be, or want to look. Personally, I try to keep my work and personal contact information separate. I can only think of one or two of my friends who have my work email address, and I don't think any of them have my office number. (They could easily enough get these things, though.) Part of this is because it helps me to cut down on distractions while I'm working. And part of it is because I try to draw a strong line between my work and personal lives -- there's overlap, sure, but I'm not checking my work email and voicemail if I'm not on the clock. (OK, so I'm full time salaried, but you get the point.) There’s nothing in my work email that could incriminate me for anything serious. But that has more to do with my line of work than anything else. I do agree that a lot of people probably aren’t as comfortable with the idea of transparency as they would like to be, or think they should be, or want to look.

Personally, I try to keep my work and personal contact information separate. I can only think of one or two of my friends who have my work email address, and I don’t think any of them have my office number. (They could easily enough get these things, though.) Part of this is because it helps me to cut down on distractions while I’m working. And part of it is because I try to draw a strong line between my work and personal lives — there’s overlap, sure, but I’m not checking my work email and voicemail if I’m not on the clock. (OK, so I’m full time salaried, but you get the point.)

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