Company Time

Welcome readers of engtech! I'm not entirely certain how my lame little blog got dragged into a debate on a site I've never heard of by someone I don't know, but hey, since it did, let's go with it. So if you've stopped by to "gawk at how it’s possible that [I've] not been called on the carpet for spending all [my] work time on personal blogging," that's a very good question, with a very simple answer.

My company knows. They don't care, as long as I get my work done. I'm incredibly fortunate that way.

I should also note that I've been blogging for most of this decade, and I've reached a point where it doesn't really take that much time and thought for me to hammer out a post (the ones that do take longer usually get written on my lunch hour, or at home, longhand, and then typed up here in a matter of minutes). I blog on my breaks, or when I'm sitting around waiting for something to be done before I can move on to the next project. My job involves a lot of sitting around and waiting. It's actually a fairly low level job and one of its major requirements is, simply, sit around and be available. As long as my 'net usage doesn't violate company policy (it doesn't), and I'm doing my job and doing it well (I am, on both counts), then everybody's happy. Sorry if that comes as a disappointment to the gawkers who are waiting for the doody to hit the fan. I realize how much more interesting that would make my blog, but, well, it's just not going to happen. At least not as long as I'm in this job.

*checks clock* This one took about 7 minutes, in case you're counting, but I checked it for errors and stuff, since it's for company and all.

P.S. I've temporarily turned on comment moderation. I developed a severe allergy to controversy around the same time I learned my lesson about allowing people to say whatever they want about me in my own blog. I'm probably massively overreacting. But if you can't say something polite, then don't bother.