Things not to do at your workplace: Playing Online Games #11

It's 2 am, you've been working for 3 hours night shift in your company and you still 5 more to do. Time is passing by so slowly, there is no work and you are already sleepy. How about I play a game of League of Legends? No one will notice for sure. I am putting on my headphones, put the game on and start playing. After a few minutes, while you're sucked in the monitor of your laptop, and completely isolated from the outside world, your boss has been standing right next to you for 5 minutes clapping his feet and having his hands crossed. Oops!

Playing online games is always a fun way of spending your time at work, but unfortunately your work time is not meant for that. Imagine you are an employer and you see your employee playing games instead of working. Obviously you would feel upset and fire that individual. There is one example where 4 people got fired at the same time for playing Fantasy NFL after the company found IM's related to that game. So next time, think twice before opening your browser and writing the game's name.

Source:
Chris Matyszcyzk. (December, 2009). Four Fired for Playing Fantasy NFL at Work. Retrieved from:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10416476-71.html