No, I dont think thats the reason
The REAL reason they got fired is because they outbid their manages on some worthless rubbish the manager wanted.
Isnt that what managers do?
Three Welsh council workers have lost their jobs after spending too long on eBay when they should have been working. One worker at Neath Port Talbot council were sacked and another two quit after council bosses found the group spent up to two hours a day on the online auction site. The council reportedly had security software …
The classic image of council workers, is a bunch of them standing around on the side of the road, leaning on shovels, while the new guy casually pokes at the ground.
This article makes me think it was actually council STAFF offending, and not the 'workers' .
We are at risk of losing a cultural icon, if we allow this imprecision of terminology to continue.
Maybe they just wanted a new Shovel, Grader or D9 Bulldozer or something.
We would be stuffed If I was not allowed to browse Ebay at work.... Where do you think our test equipment comes from?
- The joys of the Telco Industry in Australia.... ;-)