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- Haoie, on 11/14/2008, -0/+9From now on, no more forwarding emails.
Pass it on. - AnotherDiggGuy, on 11/14/2008, -0/+6Well, we can't live without Morgan Stanley so we better give them a $1 billion no email / memo forwarding fund to implement this.
- angusm, on 11/14/2008, -0/+5Many large companies have an "IT policy" that employees have to sign which states that they can and will monitor your mail and other Internet use.
In practice, few companies can afford to hire someone just to read everyone's mail, so they'll only do it if they have special reason to do so - they're looking for an excuse to fire you, or they suspect you of leaking company secrets or being about to go over to the competition. At one company I know, the sysadmin will often quietly warn people when he's asked to start monitoring them (just one more reason to be on good terms with the sysadmin).
The bottom line, however, is that if you want to send your resume around, talk smack about your employer, or do anything that you'd rather not have to explain to your bosses, use your own email account or, better yet, do it from home on your own time and your own dime. - doctechnical, on 11/14/2008, -0/+5I don't find it shocking at all. If you work for a big company and you don't think your work email is being monitored you're deluding yourself.
- theviceroy, on 11/14/2008, -0/+4Seems like a lost cause trying to prevent people from finding out how badly Morgan-Stanley is doing.
- richirwin, on 11/14/2008, -1/+4I hate to side with "the man," but I see nothing wrong with any of this, even the email snooping.
Most large companies have policies stating that they can monitor resource usage including email. People need to understand that companies are doing this - snooping email.
Hell, my company probably just logged what I typed in here. - vsujohn2, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3I guess someone forgot not to forward this out. How else would we know about it?
- RealmDown, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3Maybe they hire MediaDefender to help with their e-mail security ?
- idiotinc, on 11/13/2008, -1/+3The really shocking part of this is how they admit to reading their employees' emails. Oh well, it's all in the game I guess.
- joephysco, on 11/13/2008, -0/+2At this point in the crisis, damage control is critical.
- maxlightz, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2reading employee emails is not spying, if you're on the company's time and on the company's email server it is their property and they can read it - employees should know better if they don't want to suffer negative consequences
- cachemoney, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2When you work for a financial institution many of them have you sign a form that allows them to monitor your email and bank activity. This is pretty standard really. Btw working for one of these places suuuuuckksss.
- Calcularius, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1*ANY* company really... the less employees there are, the easier it is to monitor.
- inactive, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Financial companies routinely review employee emails, incoming and outgoing. This isn't new, and it isn't isolated.
buried - inactive, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Dugg for *****.com flashback.
- countrygirl31, on 11/14/2008, -1/+2yeah, I am sure that the original email memo looked something like this:
From: Gary G. Lynch
To: MSEmployees
Subject: FWD: MEMO: Company Memo Policy
As you all know, the Firm views open, honest and robust exchange of information as essential to our business. With this in mind, senior management provides information to all employees about significant developments at the Firm through internal memos and emails, and by holding Open Forums where John Mack and other members of senior management are available to answer your questions.
At the Open Forums, we have repeatedly asked that you treat this information as confidential and meant for our employees only, and the memos and emails from management are clearly marked for “internal use only.” Similarly, the Firm’s Code of Conduct prohibits disclosure to third parties of confidential “internal use only” communications.
Yet despite these clear directions, these communications are making their way outside the Firm. Based on a recent review of outgoing email, it was disappointing to see how often our employees ignore their obligation to keep internal Firm matters within the Firm. While we understand the impulse that led some of you to pass on these communications to your spouses or partners, a distressing number of employees have distributed this information to a far broader range of individuals.
Candid and full communication with employees is vital to our future success, but the quality of that communication depends on you. We therefore renew the request that you respect the policies on internal communications and make every effort to keep the information shared with you within the Firm.
Thank you.
Gary G. Lynch
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