No but if I'm working at 3am on Saturday, I'm NOT working at 3pm on Thursday afternoon.

The only way anyone should be watching TV at work is if the company allows it.

The fact that you mentioned your "shift" means you missed the point.

Employers expect more and more productivity, regardless of what personal sacrifices are made by the employee. When it comes time for said employee to "get a little back", the corporation puts the squash on it. At some point, there it becomes a diminishing return.

An unhappy employee base is not a productive employee base.

It's just as much about using company resources for non work related stuff as it is you producing your results in a timely manner.

If said employee is meeting their performance objectives and other employees are not being prevented from achieving theirs because of said employee, the company should stay out of it.

I make it a strict point to weed out general hospital fans in the hiring process and 80's all my childrens fans as well
**** TAD!

They don't want you to use company resources for non-work activity yet they want you to use your company resources 24x7x365. Get the trend there?

It's called balance. Give and take. But there's a reason so many of the Fortune 500 are corporate cesspools of greed, corruption, and employee morale issues.

LOL.

You're at work. Unless you get paid to watch TV, Movies, Sports, Netflix then its pretty clear how black an white it is. Do your job, check the scores on your phone.

I don't think that violating company policy by using company resources for non work related activities is the ideal way to keep an employee base happy. I think that sets a pretty poor example. A high end car dealership wouldn't let Joe Blow car salesman take a joyride in a Porche just because it would be a great way to keep him happy on the job.

My March Madness is already ruined thanks to the MTSU Blew It Again Raiders.

I am a little concerned that you know the name of one of the characters.

Yay?

I've worked undesirable shifts and hours, and I think most IT people would shrug if I told them I was missing a basketball game because of work. If I'm working 15 hours a day, I sure as hell don't have time to watch sports... if I'm working a night shift or whatever, there's a specific reason for being there. I have pretty flexible hours now, so whatever I don't get done while responding to this post, I'll get done when I get home or whatever, but I still wouldn't just sit at work and watch BB.

I think the only gray area is if it's during a time of low network usage, and it's generally okay to browse the internet or read a book or whatever during a shift... like IT support during off-peak hours or security or something. If it's not going to cause any network issues and your manager understands there's time when you won't be doing anything productive, I don't know why it would be an issue.

Get a DVR or take a vacation day/half day.

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ROFL

How is turning away from your PC to check scores on your phone preferable to checking them on your PC?

If it's not a company policy, then there's no violation is there? Again, it seems you've missed the point.