Personal electronics in the work place?
Recently on a spot inspection, a mid level supervisor noticed my laptop in my office and said its against company rules. I requested to be shown in writing. Can they inforce this rule if its not hurting my performance, or in no other way harming the company?
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Their company = their rules.
The presence of your laptop at work doesn’t mean that you are using it at work. Did they show you a policy in writing? I don’t know – you sound like a good, diligent employee.
But companies do have policies like that for at least a few reasons.
1) Some employees WILL goof off all day if they have their PCs with them.
2) The scary one is that certain employees might attempt to make copies or download proprietary information. Just saying that statement makes me realize that, yes, if I was a manager, there would be no bringing in of personal computers into my office or company.
I would disclose that fact to you when you were hired – break it, and I’ll say CYA.