To: LANL-ALL
From: Susan K. Harris, HR-DO, P124
Date: February 7, 2017
Subject: Pornography in the Workplace
Los Alamos National Laboratory strives to create and maintain a comfortable and safe work environment for all. As such, we take reasonable steps to deter inappropriate behavior that adversely affects our work environment. One area that has an especially negative impact is viewing or accessing pornography, whether using government equipment to do so or bringing pornographic material into the workplace. This behavior is unacceptable and undercuts the Laboratory’s efforts to be a “best place to work.” In addition, dealing with pornography is closely related to addressing the larger issue of sexual harassment, which the Laboratory does not tolerate.
Pornography has no place at the Laboratory and no place on government equipment, be it a cellphone, desktop computer, laptop, or any other government property. Therefore, I am announcing that our disciplinary practice related to pornography is as follows:
“Bringing any pornographic material to the Laboratory worksite or using government equipment to view or access pornography will result in termination of employment.”
We are treating this offense the same way we treat use of illegal drugs by employees: If you violate this rule, we will terminate your employment. If in doubt as to whether a website or other location is likely to contain pornographic material, do not access it at work or use government equipment to do so. The prohibition against accessing pornography on government equipment applies regardless of location. For example, the Laboratory will enforce this rule whether an employee accesses pornography on his or her Laboratory cellphone, laptop, or iPad while at home, on travel, or elsewhere.
Please help create a positive workplace environment that is respectful to all employees and contributes to the long-term success of the Laboratory and its mission.
Comments
February 8, 2017 at 8:40 PM
What do you bet a high level manager got caught?
This must due to some kind of pressure from an outside organization. We have massive boatloads of managers that have absoutly nothing to do all day expect other than look up stuff on their computers so I would not except them to be pushing these new rules.
It is very odd. I would guess it was some high level manager who got got in Washington DC on some trip.
By the way anyone remember NSF?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/29/workers-porn-surfing-rampant-at-federal-agency/
A senior official spent two years “repeatedly and excessively” surfing porn sites at the office and 20 percent of his work hours having “sexually explicit chats” with women online. His activities amounted to a potential loss of more than $58,000 for the NSF—and more than $40,300 of his own money. His exploits “adversely affected the workplace, making it offensive and hostile,” the report says. The official retired when he was told that he would be dismissed, says NSF spokesperson Jeff Nesbit.
I love it how they put the quotes there, around "best place to work". I would submit that it is the asinine management, the massive brain drain since LANS took over, and the climate in which such absurd memos can be continually issued are what made it not the best place to work anymore.
HR staff aren't the brightest stars in the LANS open cluster f***.
February 14, 2017 at 12:22 PM
They got a slight setback when Hillary lost, but they'll be back.
Hi all former women colleagues at the NIF. Sorry to say this is really true ! Years ago a colleague and I where looking out of my 2nd floor window at the walkway heading into the building. A really hot chic was walking toward the building and my colleague commented that he would really like to "bang" that one.
So much for political correctness. True story. I was a little taken back at the comment since I knew the women in question.
Hi all former women colleagues at the NIF. Sorry to say this is really true ! Years ago a colleague and I where looking out of my 2nd floor window at the walkway heading into the building. A really hot chic was walking toward the building and my colleague commented that he would really like to "bang" that one.
Sorry to hear this, it sounds absoutly disgusting that people even think this way much less say something like this to other people. We should all be disturbed that people
are having sexist, racist, and fascists thoughts, and remember thoughts lead to words which lead to actions so thoughts are actions. Horrible just horrible.
There are no grown ups anymore only safe places, microaggressions, fascists, racists, non binary, normalized, sexists, privileged and platforms. Free speech is for grown ups it is not for the United States.