Public bulletin board (to ees, anyway)

dlail

We have a 3-building facility w/ bulletin boards for mounting req'd posters and benefits related posters, information, articles that feature our company or employees in the workplace. Occasionally, employees will tack up church benefit events, accepting bicycles for donation, yard sales, etc. When they run out of room, they start using space near the timeclocks. The company uses these locations to post meeting times and locations, but employees have posted there without permission and were removed by management, consistently. We're thinking about having separate bulletin boards for community use (community defined as employees). Don't really want to have a specific use policy, but don't want to see jokes featuring altered photos of employees,etc. This could get messy. Have any of you posted or implemented a "use guide" for something of this nature. It's a nice idea that folks would be mature and reasonable about this, but unfortunately, not realistic.

Open to suggestions. Thnx.

ritaanz

Don't do it. As with all good intentions, this starts out nice and orderly, but quickly gets out of hand. The cartoons become nasty. The cookie sales, furniture, cars, etc. overwhelming.

If you are a non-union facility, this community board becomes home for prapaganda and misinformation and there will be nothing you can do to stop it.

Catbert46

ritaanz is exactly right! Don't do it. You will live to regret it. If you allow them to post then you will have no recourse for union propaganda. Risky business and as much as we would all like to believe that people are adults and responsible, we've been proven wrong too many times.

dlail

Thnx for feedback. Pretty much talked myself out of it and your responses confirm the decision.