No way! Dangerous waters at work... you surf, you die!
Seriously, it only took a V.P.'s approval to get my internet access, and I have to sign papers at training every year saying it is for work use only, so I'll just check this forum from home. Oh yeah, and checking at lunch, while working weekends, or while working out of town, etc., still have the same limits. Of course, my hard drive is also scanned regularly to ensure I don't have any personal files or, GASP!!, personal pictures on it.
A friend got a hand slap for sending an email to his wife (also works for the company, but across the plant), asking her to pick up some milk on the way home.... as that was a non work related email.
BTW: this is the same place that just allowed me to start riding the motorcycle into the plant, but SOME of the rules are:
1. Must ride directly from the gate to & from the control building.
2. Can not touch the bike during the day, even to go out at lunch.
3. Can not stop at other offices within the plant, even if they are on the way to your office.
The silly thing is that I still need to go to other buildings during the day, so I had my boss buy me a bicycle for use in the plant....
Needless to say, I work for a very large, very very conservative, somewhat paranoid company.
holy crap... put that place on the 100 worst places to work in the USA.... Big Brother much???
But i guess it IS work none the less, and that is better than a lot of people these days.