You've got to be a very upright person to work for the State of Massachusetts, at least you have to avoid pornography. It doesn't really matter too much whether you're good at your job or not, but keep it clean.
That's the message I get from this week's firing by UMass of an assistant vice chancellor. He wasn't fired because they found pornography in his locker, his desk or PC. In fact, they searched his computer and found none. He was fired because it appears that the State Treasurer fired the guy from his previous job because he had porn on his computer.
I know that the state owns the computer and agree that it has the right to expect you to work the hours it is paying you for. But, give it a break! The guy was with the Treasurer's Office twelve years in quite responsible positions. He was being paid six figures by UMass, so it's doubtful he was simply a political hack or an unqualified person.
Will the state now search everyone's computer for what the state considers offensive material?
No comments:
Post a Comment