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Employee surveillance gone too far?
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:49 am
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:49 am
Trained a new employee yesterday. His previous job ended badly when he was confronted by the owner and his boss asking why he spent 3 hours at a competitor's facility. Turns out his employer was tracking his company phone via GPS. Note: he took a vacation day when on the interview.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:50 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
I would have told my boss I was scoping out the competition.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:50 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
Why did he take a company phone on his day off to a job interview?
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:50 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
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company phone
no issues
if I had a company phone, I would assume my company could track me, just like I assume they can track me when I'm in the company truck
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:50 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
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Thoughts?
He should turn his work phone off when taking PTO.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:51 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
If it is a company phone, that is their right to do so.
My guess is that they have had problems in the past with employees going on long "sales calls" or something.
My guess is that they have had problems in the past with employees going on long "sales calls" or something.
This post was edited on 3/14/17 at 8:52 am
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:51 am to stout
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Why did he take a company phone on his day off to a job interview?
More than likely gets a reimbursement check for using his personal phone. If not then yea that's dumb.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:52 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
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His previous job ended badly when he was confronted by the owner and his boss asking why he spent 3 hours at a competitor's facility.
He told you this? Dumb dumb stupidhead didn't even learn.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:52 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
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Turns out his employer was tracking his company phone via GPS
Your new employee isn't too bright.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:55 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
My previous employer tracked our phones, cars, land line phone calls, computers and building movements.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:55 am to Scooba
Why would they track him on his day off? unless he submitted his pto after the fact? If it was a 100% paid company phone I don't have an issue with it, but I don't know why the company would need to do that? IMO if you can't trust your employees better than the two of you should part ways.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:56 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
if you think you have any privacy while driving someone else's car, talking on their phone, or sending email on their computer you are sadly mistaken.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:57 am to LSUwag
Is it required for an employer to disclose that they will be tracking you?
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:00 am to Displaced
If he was approved PTO seems a little weird that they were still looking at the GPS on the phone. Obviously they have the right to look when on the clock, but it seems like they went and looked what he was doing while he was off. That seems a little snoopy to me, definitely not somewhere I would want to work.
ETA that said I would't have brought the phone with me because it could obviously be tracked.
ETA that said I would't have brought the phone with me because it could obviously be tracked.
This post was edited on 3/14/17 at 9:09 am
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:05 am to Mingo Was His NameO
That's how I feel. I get wanting to track your employee while on the clock, but on a vacation day it's intrusive and unethical.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:12 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
You may want to track your new employee
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:12 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
Can they track you if you turn the location off on your phone?
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:17 am to LSU Fan SLU Grad
I get the company wanting to track their property, they own/pay you for it's use. But this guy should have known hi employers would track it.
I have a personal phone that I am partially reimbursed for with no req. to install software. If I were to get the 2nd level of reimbursement then I would be subject to search of my phone for any reason and it being tracked. Some common sense goes a long way in most scenarios.
I have a personal phone that I am partially reimbursed for with no req. to install software. If I were to get the 2nd level of reimbursement then I would be subject to search of my phone for any reason and it being tracked. Some common sense goes a long way in most scenarios.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:32 am to TheAlmightySmash
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More than likely gets a reimbursement check for using his personal phone.
Nope. If company was just reimbursing him for using his personal cell phone, then the company wouldn't have access to track the phone. They could only track a phone that was company issued.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:39 am to Tiger Prawn
Any company that needs to waste time and resources surveiling their employees must do a short job of hiring and managing performance.
If I hired anyone I would expect them to manage themselves and their time. If they prove they can't do that up to standard then get rid of them and fix your hiring process.
If I hired anyone I would expect them to manage themselves and their time. If they prove they can't do that up to standard then get rid of them and fix your hiring process.
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