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Entercom Forbids Use of Radio-Info

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MaskMan

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I heard today that the GM (Brent Milar) at Entercom has forbidden his employees to participate in Radio-Info. While that isn't particularly surprising....I want to know how he would know. The purpose of these boards is to provide a forum for people to discuss radio...anonymously, if they choose. I think most of the posters here are pretty passionate about the industry. How can BM stifle people from participating if they want to? Especially if they do it from the privacy of their own homes. Guess he's afraid info might be leaked, but, well, that's part of Radio-Info, too. :-*
 
I suspect there have been a few leaks detected - and more than likely inside the building on company computers! He could certainly restrict that. As for home use, he would have a hard time making that stick UNLESS he caught someone from the staff giving trade secrets on the boards. Most corporations have a policy against giving out ANY information about the company and it is generally included in a business ethics statement signed by employees when they come to work.
 
There can be a lot of problems when you have unhappy employees sniping at their own company from within without having to take ownership or responsibility for what they are saying. If you can't walk into BM's office and tell him what you would have posted here, either you shouldn't say it to start with or you should look at going someplace where candor is appreciated. Derogatory posts from within have happened a lot from within Entercom over the years, and they is not healthy. It could be a symptom of a bigger problem, but those types of posts are counterproductive for everyone in the long run.
 
My guess is that there will always be a dissenter or two, but when you have a rash of negativity, someone needs to point a finger at upper management. They set the tone and if you have a lot of people feeling negative, it's probably because they feel they are not being heard. They feel like an outsider and not part of the team. If you have a true "team", no one would want to sabbatoge that. I know when I've worked with really good management, I would do anything for them and felt very passionate about my product. I also noticed that nearly all of the other employees felt the same way. It was a wonderful place to work. And, we had no "non-compete" contracts (except for maybe the on-air people). Didn't need them...no one wanted to leave! However, when you have management that has their "favorites" and those people are controlling all of the important decisions, and are the only ones whose opinions are heard...that breeds contempt and a wish to sabbatoge or undermine. I also think gossip is created throughout an organization when Mangement is not forthecoming with information. Granted, there are some things that must be kept under wraps for obvious reasons, but good Management shares information with the employees that helps them "buy into" the overall direction of the organization. This cuts down on destructive gossip. IMHO.
 
I agree w/ your last post, Mask Man. The last thing a team wants to do is sabotage their efforts. Perhaps something has been leaked by a disgruntled employee, and that certainly would at the very least be unethical and wrong. On the other hand, there's that pesky free speech issue...
 
Catbird, I hate to disagree with you, but there is not a free speech issue here.

The First Amendment reads "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.".

First, this is not the kind of speech the founding fathers had in mind, and Congress (nor any part of the government) is involved in the prohibition!

Business have a right to control speech by employees, particularly about trade secrets. I feel certain Entercom has some sort of business ethics policy that has been signed by all employees! It would be considered more than reasonable for a manager to impose a ban on participating in discussion boards like this one from business owned computers or internet connections.

I do believe the manager would also be well within his rights to prohibit employees to divulge any information about the company in this forum from ANY location.
 
Management is well within its rights to:

1)Restrict divulging any trade secrets and
2)Restrict use on company owned computers.

Outside of those parameters, I don't think they can restrict any employee activities, unless they're under a contract that includes a morals clause about issues that would reflect negatively on the company. (Think DWI's, getting busted at a strip bar, etc.) The managers may TRY and may WANT TO control employees lives, but legally, you're straying into those civil rights arenas.

The problem is that there's such massive consolidation, that employees are afraid to buck unreasonable requests.

And, that brings us to one of the reasons for this board: for radiophiles to share and talk about such things.
 
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