Eric the Disillusioned

Planet Earth

Equipment Sharing Skeptic

I agree with David Karp. In addition to his comments, the rise and rise of home-based workers makes this even more of an issue since they will often be using their own LAN, comms, equipment to perform business activities. Companies can accommodate sensible working practices for their employees which include the capacity to perform personal activities such as banking etc through the application of appropriate company policies.

Those commenters indicating that they shouldn't be using company property for personal business should get in the real world. I use my car for work, my house for work, my mobile phone for work, and many other personal equipment items. If we really want to get into that game then I should demand a company car for all business journeys (and have any tax paid by the company) and a mobile phone and demand that I have a pre-allocated desk in every office that I am expected to work in. That's not realistic and doesn't help the company I work for.