Thses days, it is a controversial issue that employees can use computers and other company eqipment for their personal needs. Some people say that it is required in terms of satisfying the needs of their personal convenience. Hoever, I think the employers should disallow their employees' using company machines because of the infringement of the ownership and the possibility of decrease in the work efficiency.
First of all, employees' using computers and company machines can invoke the problems of infringing the ownership of company. In other words, computers and other company equipments belong to the company. So, using those properties without the permission of employers could bring about some problems. Imagine that one of your friends used your desktop without your permission. Then, you will be annoyed and angry about your friend's behavior. This situation would also be applied in the company. For example, when the employees use the company equipment for their personal convinience, the company equipment could be broken by the mistakes of the employees. In that case, who should pay the money for repair? Also, it is difficult to distinguish the personal use and the public use of that company equipment. In this respect, I think the personal use of company equipment should be banned.
Secondly, employees' using company equipment for their personal needs could give rise to a trouble of decrease in the employees' work efficiency. That is to say, the employees could spend their working hours in doing their personal affairs in the company. For instane, some employees use the company computer for sending e-mail to their friends. Of course, the amount of time for sending e-mail is not huge. However, there are lots of employees in a company. So, the total amount of time for each employee to spend on sending e-mail could affect the whole production of the company. In his way, I insist that the use of company equipment for their personal needs should be reduced.
In conclusion, I think that employers should not allow employees to use company machines and equipment for the personal needs because of these following reasons. That is to say, this phenomen could infringe the ownership of the company and it could reduce the work efficiency as a whole. Therefore, I propose people should reconsider the use of company machines for the personal needs.
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