Boss watching porn at work

monkeyboy

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My wife is PA to 3 directors for a large multi national company. She was in one guys office the other day and through a vion panel saw one of the other directors watching porn on his PC with head phones on!

She has access to his emails and gave him the benefit of the doubt that he was watching something forwarded on e mail.

Next day she sees him again and regardless of her rights to do this or not she checks his history and the guy has left a regular trail to a particular site. It goes back 5 weeks.

The guy is clueless about IT and probably has little idea the risks he runs. Also with Corporate layoffs going on all the time he is perhaps even more at risk if he was found out.

Perhaps if it was a man who saw this going on, man to man the boss could be warned but she is not keen on directly warning him that his career is at risk.

She feels that she should tell a mate of his and coworker and let him deal with it. However you never know how he will react.

Everyone gets on well and works well together so there are no other issues or complications really than the aforementioned. Any advice, her only concern is to get him to stop before he is caught....

Its possibly a good one to have over your boss though in all fairness ;-)
 
Your wife should ignore what is going on as she does not do the hiring and firing and if she interfers her working life could be made difficult.

You say "Its possibly a good one to have over your boss though in all fairness" ;-) this is probably your wifes only concern, blackmail.
 
I'd keep my mouth shut too .... he's an adult ..... let him deal with the consequences if he's found out.
 
Also worried about the fact that you wife may have gone the wrong way about this already!

Rather than sticking her nose in she should have reported it to HR etc and left them to sort out rather than checking history etc.
 
I would do nothing, if he gets caught he gets caught, i'm sure he knows its not work policy to allow him to be looking at porn. His lack of IT skills on knowing that he can be tracked are a secondary issue.

I would advise your wife to keep out of it or else she runs the risk of becoming embroiled in any situation that arises should he get caught, especially since he has already started checking his history.

I would not report it to HR, again she will become embroiled in it should they take it further, I think its best left alone until IT give him a warning.
 
How is reporting him to HR not sticking her nose in it ? She is not going to report him to anyone.........The last thing she wants is for him to be caught...and to just let him continue would be a worry.

Of course its not her business and its not ideal for her to be in any way involved, but she some how would like to be able to warn him of the risks to his career, especially during a period of lay offs but not be involved.

Creative thinking or a comical sit com situation is required....that goes horribly wrong :-(
 
I would not report it to HR, again she will become embroiled in it should they take it further, I think its best left alone until IT give him a warning.

Agreed you would hope he gets a discreet warning....

cheers. At the end of the day I recommend her to do nothing also but her heart wants to say something to him.
 
How is reporting him to HR not sticking her nose in it ? She is not going to report him to anyone.........The last thing she wants is for him to be caught...and to just let him continue would be a worry.

Of course its not her business and its not ideal for her to be in any way involved, but she some how would like to be able to warn him of the risks to his career, especially during a period of lay offs but not be involved.

Creative thinking or a comical sit com situation is required....that goes horribly wrong :-(

I agree she should do nothing, but she should not have stuck her nose into the issue before trying to gather evidence herself before deciding on what to do!
 
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If a friend of mine was doing something which could get them fired, I would certainly advise them to stop doing it.

If this guy is clueless about IT, she needs to tell him indirectly.

She should not tell anyone else, as that would be misinterpeted.

I would print out the company's IT useage policy and give it to him quietly, dropping some very big hint. "John, is this still valid? "
 
If a friend of mine was doing something which could get them fired, I would certainly advise them to stop doing it.

If this guy is clueless about IT, she needs to tell him indirectly.

She should not tell anyone else, as that would be misinterpeted.

I would print out the company's IT useage policy and give it to him quietly, dropping some very big hint. "John, is this still valid? "

+1 - she seem's concerned for him as a friend and work colleague and I can understand her wanting to 'tip him off' (so to speak). Casually is the best approach, something along the lines of 'did you see that show on tv last night, god, its scarey the things people can trace back to your computer, Clubpoints card etc. There's no privacy in the world anymore. Big Brother and all of that..'
 
No point bringing it up if she's not sure its a regular thing. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. It's not like she's calling for sexual defamation in the work place or anything, just a way to alert him for his own sake. Pretty sound if you ask me, he should really thank her. Some people may see an avenue for a grevious complaint here...
 
Why doesn't she make some reference to a story she read about someone who was sacked for watching porn and how easy it wasi for the company to trace internet history, etc, etc.

As an aside, his use of headphones would suggest he's pretty well organised, though!:)
 
I have googled "vion" and cannot find out what a vion panel is!

She secretly observes her boss from one room and then surreptitiously checks his personal browsing history and is now thinking about telling a co-worker. It sounds like she is out to destroy two careers rather than one. Your wife could possibly go into the private-eye business or gossip columnist if things don't work out well though.

Perhaps she could drop a subtle (but humourous) hint to her boss by wearing something that will let him know she is aware of the type of porn he is watching. It should work itsef out from there. Let us know how she gets on!
 
If a friend of mine was doing something which could get them fired, I would certainly advise them to stop doing it.

If this guy is clueless about IT, she needs to tell him indirectly.

She should not tell anyone else, as that would be misinterpeted.

I would print out the company's IT useage policy and give it to him quietly, dropping some very big hint. "John, is this still valid? "

Its her boss and not a friend. If i was her I would say nothing . If he is stupid enough to look at porn in work well then he is asking to get caught. I am sure he is old enough and bold enough to look after himself
 
It is none of your snooping wife's business. Furthermore it is a breach of etiquette telling you about it.
 
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