In his book, Get Smarter,  Canadian billionaire, Seymour Schulich, the benefactor of the York Business School provides over 30 life and business lessons.  The book is targeted to the 20-40 year olds, however anyone can benefit from reading it.

Life and Business Lessons

One of the pieces of advice he gives in the second chapter is, “In any deal try to have your lawyers write the contract.  It’s like having the serve in tennis.  It’s a big edge!”

I remembered this point as I read the following article this morning:

http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/comment/article/479324–contracts-can-take-big-toll-on-employee-rights.

The employer had written the contract and even though the employee had it reviewed by a lawyer he lost a recent case against the employer since he had signed it.

If you use your company’s PDA such as a Blackberry, laptop, desktop or any other device for other than work purposes you may be fired.  It is no secret, and it is made explicit in company policies that every single keystroke is recorded and may be used against you.

Two employees in two separate cases were fired for watching porn on company time on a company computer.  One was with the company for 24 years, and the other 14.

Be smart don’t use the company’s device or network to do anything  that is other than work.

You May Fired for Wasting Company's Time