Goldman Sachs may be planning to ban the use of Bloomberg’s chat service for confidentiality reasons but there are other reasons to be wary of instant messaging.

Those of us working long enough to remember will recall the wild west that ensued when email was introduced into the working world, before any employer had thought about the need for email policies and rules. The email content being circulated in the late 90s was, as I recall, the sort of thing that if found now, would have meant most staff being given their marching orders.