Has someone taken an emontion pill ?
Come on folks - this is 2015....not 1995.....
There was a car-hire firm in a fly-on-the-wall documentary about 5 to 10 years ago here in Blighty....they gave verbal warnings for sending a single non-work related email and fired for a second..
Do we really want people to segregate their lives that much ?
On a personal level, each company I have worked for (note, not in!) really doesnt care that much about what I do on the internet - as long as its nothing NSFW or dodgy....(e.g. I currently work in financial services and we aren't allowed to trade using the company network).
Do I care if my own company is snooping on what Im doing - simple answer - NO....Ive nothing I need to hide - do I pay my creditcard....yes....but hey - as its not my bank account, they are welcome to pay off my debt anytime they like!
Seriously though - there needs to be a bit of give and take - act like that abhorrent car rental company and folks will be unhappy and just leave....
And working in the big banks, etc where due to reporting requirements, personal phones are banned in some areas and webmail is not allowed - then why not sign up for concert tickets, etc to your work email - just be careful what you click on...
The problem comes with the less techy savvy lusers....and yes, I get it that some folks shouldnt be trusted with a Nokia 6210 let alone an internet connected PC....but in general, if things in the internal network are secured properly, that shouldnt matter...
Should you use your work email for sex....errr no....and I dont care who you are, you should be immediately fired....
Should you use your work email for cinema tickets, tesco.com login, hotels.com, etc - sure, why not .....just make sure you use a different password
Also, the number of companies where my loginid is the same as my email address is shocking - there should be no correlation to me as a user.....and my email address noticeable....