Ford Employees Revel in Work-subsidized PCs; Other Firms View It Skeptically.
Ford Employees Revel in Work-subsidized PCs; Other Firms View It Skeptically.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2001
By Rob Kaiser, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 16–When Ford Motor Co. started offering employees a home computer, printer and Internet access for $5 a month, many workers suspected a ploy to get them to work at home as well as at the office.
Instead, more than a year after the program was introduced, employees at Ford’s South Side Chicago plant use their company-subsidized computers to swap jokes via e-mail. One worker with a CD-burner linked to his PC collects CDs from other plant employees to make music mixes.
“We have our own Napster going at work now,” joked plant employee Doug Matlock, referring to the online music trading service
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