Can work tell I'm working from a cruise ship?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends on how sophisticated your IT and security systems are. My office would know right away, and I'd be in big trouble for taking company assets out of the country (assuming you are going on a cruise out of the country). My old company would have no clue and probably wouldn't care, because there were no restrictions like that on the nature of the work we did there.

What assets? Do you mean like a laptop? That’s very weird that your company would say you’re in ‘big trouble’ for traveling with co ‘assets’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It depends on how sophisticated your IT and security systems are. My office would know right away, and I'd be in big trouble for taking company assets out of the country (assuming you are going on a cruise out of the country). My old company would have no clue and probably wouldn't care, because there were no restrictions like that on the nature of the work we did there.

What assets? Do you mean like a laptop? That’s very weird that your company would say you’re in ‘big trouble’ for traveling with co ‘assets’

I have to fill out paperwork to take my company laptop and other equipment out of the country. It will get declined unless you have a really good reason, like you’re traveling for work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It depends on how sophisticated your IT and security systems are. My office would know right away, and I'd be in big trouble for taking company assets out of the country (assuming you are going on a cruise out of the country). My old company would have no clue and probably wouldn't care, because there were no restrictions like that on the nature of the work we did there.

What assets? Do you mean like a laptop? That’s very weird that your company would say you’re in ‘big trouble’ for traveling with co ‘assets’

I have to fill out paperwork to take my company laptop and other equipment out of the country. It will get declined unless you have a really good reason, like you’re traveling for work.

That’s odd. Have you ever tried to travel with your laptop and been denied? My co is pretty strict but they don’t require this. But we have extremely good security on our devices and across our org, so maybe that’s why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our IT would know because cruise ships are registered to foreign countries and if we want to access email from outside the US, we have to jet IT know so they can set the correct permissions.

This is the same at my company. We have very strict rules (for compliance reasons in our industry) about accessing our network internationally. Individual IPs must be whitelisted and we will NOT whitelist cruise ships, as their networks are not secure and are very wide. We have people who live abroad (and in some cases, are traveling abroad) who we are able to accommodate with advanced notice, but probably once a year some doofus texts us from a cruise ship saying they can’t connect to the VPN or our network and there is nothing we can do. They end up having to use a weeks worth of vacation time unplanned and often have left their colleagues quite in the lurch.

You don’t necessarily need to talk to your boss, but ask somebody in IT.

[Anonymous]

The answer depends upon how astute your IT department is and how much your employer cares. In principle, the answer is "probably yes."

[Anonymous]

I’d get fired for doing this, unless you’re just taking a domestic cruise.

Additionally, cruising is the most carbon-intensive form of travel, because you’re taking your hotel with you. I’ve been on one ( before I knew), and they’re magical. That being said, I personally wouldn’t go on a cruise again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It depends on how sophisticated your IT and security systems are. My office would know right away, and I'd be in big trouble for taking company assets out of the country (assuming you are going on a cruise out of the country). My old company would have no clue and probably wouldn't care, because there were no restrictions like that on the nature of the work we did there.

What assets? Do you mean like a laptop? That’s very weird that your company would say you’re in ‘big trouble’ for traveling with co ‘assets’

I have to fill out paperwork to take my company laptop and other equipment out of the country. It will get declined unless you have a really good reason, like you’re traveling for work.

That’s odd. Have you ever tried to travel with your laptop and been denied? My co is pretty strict but they don’t require this. But we have extremely good security on our devices and across our org, so maybe that’s why.

I’ve never been allowed to take my laptop abroad. I was allowed to take my company phone a couple of times, but not always.

[Anonymous]

I remember learning that a number of our HS students were logged on internationally (!) during Covid!

Former FCPS staff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d get fired for doing this, unless you’re just taking a domestic cruise.

Additionally, cruising is the most carbon-intensive form of travel, because you’re taking your hotel with you. I’ve been on one ( before I knew), and they’re magical. That being said, I personally wouldn’t go on a cruise again.

I highly doubt you’d be fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our IT would know because cruise ships are registered to foreign countries and if we want to access email from outside the US, we have to jet IT know so they can set the correct permissions.

This is the same at my company. We have very strict rules (for compliance reasons in our industry) about accessing our network internationally. Individual IPs must be whitelisted and we will NOT whitelist cruise ships, as their networks are not secure and are very wide. We have people who live abroad (and in some cases, are traveling abroad) who we are able to accommodate with advanced notice, but probably once a year some doofus texts us from a cruise ship saying they can’t connect to the VPN or our network and there is nothing we can do. They end up having to use a weeks worth of vacation time unplanned and often have left their colleagues quite in the lurch.

You don’t necessarily need to talk to your boss, but ask somebody in IT.

What industry? Banking is almost the only one I can see this being an issue for

[Anonymous]

Government and gov contractors have strict rules against this sort of thing for the security concerns cited by a PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d get fired for doing this, unless you’re just taking a domestic cruise.

Additionally, cruising is the most carbon-intensive form of travel, because you’re taking your hotel with you. I’ve been on one ( before I knew), and they’re magical. That being said, I personally wouldn’t go on a cruise again.

I highly doubt you’d be fired.

That person says cruises are magical, the whole spot reeks of hyperbole.

[Anonymous]

If you are on a VPN before logging into your work then I don't see how that would be possible. Your true IP would be hidden from their network.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our IT would know because cruise ships are registered to foreign countries and if we want to access email from outside the US, we have to jet IT know so they can set the correct permissions.

This is the same at my company. We have very strict rules (for compliance reasons in our industry) about accessing our network internationally. Individual IPs must be whitelisted and we will NOT whitelist cruise ships, as their networks are not secure and are very wide. We have people who live abroad (and in some cases, are traveling abroad) who we are able to accommodate with advanced notice, but probably once a year some doofus texts us from a cruise ship saying they can’t connect to the VPN or our network and there is nothing we can do. They end up having to use a weeks worth of vacation time unplanned and often have left their colleagues quite in the lurch.

You don’t necessarily need to talk to your boss, but ask somebody in IT.

What industry? Banking is almost the only one I can see this being an issue for

No not banking. We work with voter data.

[Anonymous]

Ffs don't do this.