Wall Street's WhatsApp Secret: Illegal Texting Is Out of Control

Post by eternalvision » Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 7:44 PM UTC

J-dawg wrote: post #12

humbledrone wrote: post #3

"Wall Street's Restaurant Secret: Illegal Talking over Lunch is Out of Control" > Dirty jokes and NSFW GIFs. Snaps of unsuspecting colleagues on the trading floor. Screenshots of confidential client positions. > All that -- and, on occasion, even legally dubious information -- is increasingly being trafficked over the new private lines of Wall Street: street-level restaurants like McDonalds and Taco Bell. > “They’re…

Paul Graham's "Submarine" definitely comes to mind. The suit is back!

Post by lp001 » Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 8:09 PM UTC

Post by ci5er » Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 9:33 PM UTC

codedokode wrote: post #44

throwaway287391 wrote: post #28

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Do you honestly think that's a feasible solution? Who in their right mind would work for a company that doesn't allow them to bring their personal phone to work? Unless it were required by law, no company would do that to their white collar employees -- they'd all leave for a company that doesn't treat them like eight year olds. (I feel like this would never be suggested on HN if we were discussing software companies…

That could also make employees more productive.