Reflections
to: http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1531312,00.html
In the
example in the text the employer said he was sick, but the boss saw that he was
out on the road and not in bed where he was supposed to be. I don’t think that
bosses should be able to see what people do on their spare time. Even though it
was wrong of the employer to lie about his illness, the boss shouldn’t be able
to overlook his employees on their free time. Everyone should have right to
privacy at home without some overlooking every step they take.
If I were
the manager at a company I would act exactly the same as in the example. I
would not care if my staff were porn-surfing at home (and I would not want to know
if they did either), but if anyone were doing it during working time I would be
furious. The porn surfing would mainly lead to two negative things, first the
working efficiency would go down because of the time spent on the website and
it would also lead to negative publicity if someone outside the company would
find out that the employees were porn surfing at work.
Over all I
think that most kinds of tracking at work are positive because it is very
important for the boss to know that the work that should be done will be done.
However I don’t think that the bosses should be able to see exactly what the
employer is doing on his computer. I think a better solution would be if pages
would be banned. I do also think that the bosses should have access to the
employees email at work.
Another
aspect is the increasing number of Closed-circuit television on the streets. I
think it is very positive thing, because it will probably decrease the number
of crimes on the streets and may also help solving crimes that have been done.
The important thing is that the CCTV only will get used in the right purpose
and not to spy on the citizens.
Big Brother is watching you!
