Mouse, the way I see it, employees should not be utilizing office computers for any personal tasks, and it is very kind of you to feel that you owe them any degree of privacy. Set aside the fact that your receptionist is working on her resume while you're paying her, when staff place programs or files on your computers, or download images or other data, that puts your network at risk for viruses and other malware that may corrupt your system. I frequently tell my staff to remove any files or programs that they put on my computers. I allow a screensaver or wallpaper image that I evaluate before they use it. As far as how to specifically deal with her? I let my wife/office manager deal with those issues...


Ed Davison, MD
Ophthalmology
Saratoga Springs, NY