Monday, November 24, 2008

Week 10: Employee Rights and Surveillance

1)What is the main point of the article?

The main point of the article is to establish the limit as per which a company and organization has over an employees privacy. How far and to what extent is the company able to go in order to secure their company and the rest of the employees. Whether it be by monitoring emails or listening in on phone conversations.......what are Employee Rights?

2) What types of supporting details did the author use to make his points.

The author used anecdotes and analogs in order to connect experiences with the main idea of the article. He stressed on the form of dictatorship that the companies are using in order to portray his beliefs on the subject.


3)Have you experienced or observed surveillance or unfair treatment in the workplace? Derscribe the situation and your reaction to it.

Peronally i havent experienced any unfair treatment. For us working in Crate and Barrel we are not allowed to have any electronical device on us while working.....they are only allowed on breaks. So i guess in a way it may be unfair as in the case of an emergency i will have to be contacted through the HR department but then again it is always so busy and so much to do that you dont really even have to time to waste on the phone.

2 comments:

Simran said...

I agree with you. But lucky you, you've never experienced any mistreatment at your job =]

Professor Love said...

Glad to hear that the recession has not affected Crate and Barrel and you are busy at work. Good job on answering the questions.