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Houston, TX | That is extreme What is next? A cam at your working desk that checks if you do your job? | |
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fire100
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join:2001-11-21
Twin Lake, MI
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| Re: That is extreme said by TexasGuy  :
What is next? A cam at your working desk that checks if you do your job?
That's already available and used, by some big corporations, some offices will have ceiling cams in them, but they are noticeable, so the employee knows they have the ability to be watched.
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join:2004-07-26
Redford, MI
clubs: | Re: That is extreme Yea, SBC is one of them. Cams and Microphones at each desk. | |
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ROCINANTE 2112
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1 edit | And in some states, your employer doesn't even have to tell you that you are being monitored.
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Harddrive
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Norwich, CT
| When the 'company' handed out cell phones to all the techs, I was the known techie in the office that my co-workers tapped to make sure we were not being tracked. The company got the cheapest model and it didn't have gps. Some of the folks handed them back to the company anyway and said just use my voice mail that out-pages to my pager anyway.
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Smaug6
Dwarves Are Yummy
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| I can understand wanting to make sure employees are working when they are supposed to be, but is it their business every time I have to use the toilet? Anyway, what's to keep me from just leaving my cell phone at my desk? Or just refusing to have one at all?
Productivity should be the measure of how much work an employee does, not whether he is at his desk every second of his work day.
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| I hear there's going to be a demand for an automatic whipping machine with a synthesised voice repeating : "The beatings will continue until morale improves." 
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Corvus
Flaming Tards Since 2003
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join:2003-11-26 | Well... Ok for the corporate car to have a monitored GPS but a cell phone... I think it's an abuse of power.
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Swingerhead
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Richmond, VA | Re: Well... Jims in the crapper again. Better raise his insurance premiums, there might be a problem! | |
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Mactron
el camino Real
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1 edit | said by Corvus :
Ok for the corporate car to have a monitored GPS but a cell phone... I think it's an abuse of power.
Corporate car, Corporate cell phone. How come I don't see a differnce here ? Please explain it to me. Thanks | |
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join:2001-03-15
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| Re: Well... Well, there is one situation where I think it would be a problem...
After you've clocked out... Honestly, what I do on my own time after I've clocked out is never the business of my workplace... By monitoring the cell phone (depending on if you carry a corporate phone 24/7 like I've had to do in the past), your workplace has the potential to be a bit too nosey.
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Corvus
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| Re: Well... said by bmn :
Well, there is one situation where I think it would be a problem...
After you've clocked out... Honestly, what I do on my own time after I've clocked out is never the business of my workplace... By monitoring the cell phone (depending on if you carry a corporate phone 24/7 like I've had to do in the past), your workplace has the potential to be a bit too nosey.
Exactly! When you've clocked out you take the corporate car home and use you own car, with corporate cell phone you must keep it with you.
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NJChris
PS3 Xbox ID Zzaz
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join:2000-02-08
Pompton Lakes, NJ
| No Management skills needed anymore. Great motivational tool.. let your employees feel like you don't trust them.
Just leave the phone in the toilet for a day. 
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montee4
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join:2004-02-15
Chicago, IL | Just turn it off... Sorry, battery went dead so you probably didn't realize that I spent my last 3 hours at the strip club | |
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| Re: Just turn it off... said by montee4 :
Sorry, battery went dead so you probably didn't realize that I spent my last 3 hours at the strip club
I used to do that at one of my previous jobs... They didn't understand the concept of the lunch hour and were always calling me just as I was getting food... Interestingly enough, I ate at the same time every day, so they should have known better...
But yeah, turning off the phone (and removing the battery in some phones) will do the trick...
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | Re: Just turn it off... I have found pagers and Cell phones always work better when they are "tuned up" in a microwave.;)
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hedyd4u
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join:2003-12-16
Schenectady, NY | This is nothing yet Just wait till the tracking implants are mandatory and we will have the Orwellian future from 1984. | |
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN | now it's our turn to raise special aftermarket case that would allow phone signal to come thru, but block gps. or maybe just disable internally by installing new bios or something | |
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NJChris
PS3 Xbox ID Zzaz
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| Re: now it's our turn to raise said by ossito16 :
special aftermarket case that would allow phone signal to come thru, but block gps. or maybe just disable internally by installing new bios or something
Or not putting up with this garbage and finding a new job. | |
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Keith
Why Ask Than?
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Fort Erie, ON
1 edit | Good for them Ya it's a bit like big brother BUT they pay you they supply the phone Do your Job and quit goofing off simple to me
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Bill
Light Up The Halo
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join:2001-12-09
clubs: | Re: Good for them Definitely. Stop fooling around and get to work already. No more posting on DSL Reports when your suppose to be working !!  | |
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pcscdma
Chocobo Chocobo Random Battle
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| Re: a simple workaround Usually cell phone companies charge extra for forwarding calls. Sprint PCS charges $.10 a minute. »www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/ueCon···rwarding I think they would notice.
But just say you forgot your power adapter and the battery died so you were out searching for a new one. Just don't say anything about going to the Lumberyard!;):p
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH | Boss watching... If I ever find out my boss is spying on me like that I will pull down my pants and tell him to spy on this.
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clubs: | Re: Boss watching... Now THAT was the most insiteful response yet on this topic! dslwanter.. Were you the one talking about someone elses maturity in a different thread?? | |
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Jsouth
join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS | He would just tell you to watch out for the door because it will hit you there. | |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA | be good Be a good little employee now. Don't go over your minutes and don't go to far from work geographically or suffer the consequences. | |
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delt4
17 years ... still waiting
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join:2000-07-13
Pittsburgh, PA | Spy vrs Spy? If I have to carry a gps phone for work during off duty hours, then sorry that phone stays at home and does not get answered unless I happen to be at home. | |
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viperpa33s
Why Me?
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join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL
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| This opens a whole new can of worms You really need GPS to know if an employee is doing there job or not? If a an employee is suppose to get a certain job done and it's not, can't the employer put 2 and 2 together? An employer knows whether your doing your job or not without GPS.
This opens a whole new can of worms. We have companies using GPS phones. We have companies using key loggers on the computers. We have a car rental company install GPS trackers in there cars to keep track of customers. We have Progressive Insurance telling you if you install a little box to keep track of your driving, you get your insurance lowered. We have the city of Chicago installing camera's all over the city. We had the problem with Wal Mart using RFID's, keeping track of what you buy. This doesn't include spyware and adware on your computer.
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oKubricko
join:2001-08-06
Miamisburg, OH
clubs: | List of Phone?? Does anyone have a list of the phones that are compatible with GPS tracking and/or websites that support it??? | |
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dpocoroba
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join:2000-11-14
224.0.0.5
| Nextel offers it I know Nextel offers a service. We use them for our maintenance people that are always in the field. You can bring up a webpage and it gives you there locations on a map. Works great for being able to dispatch people closest to the site with the problem. FYI the GPS phones are big ugly and yellow
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
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·Comcast
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| my phone is broken I am just waiting for a lawsuit. I dont think anyone could find a good enough reason to know exactly where each employee is. This is kinda like a minority type things. Rights for empolyees, do you see a Matrix type thing happening here ?
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Keith
Why Ask Than?
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join:2002-10-28
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| Re: my phone is broken said by DaveNJ :
I am just waiting for a lawsuit. I dont think anyone could find a good enough reason to know exactly where each employee is.
I do If you work for me I want to be sure YOUR working for ME and I have every right to
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
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| Re: my phone is broken said by Keith :
said by DaveNJ :
I am just waiting for a lawsuit. I dont think anyone could find a good enough reason to know exactly where each employee is.
I do If you work for me I want to be sure YOUR working for ME and I have every right to
While an employee is ON the clock, sure...but while they're OFF the clock, no, you absolutely do NOT.
I personally have no problems with GPS tracking while employees are on the clock, if their position is one where such tracking would be beneficial to the business (delivery drivers, for instance, where GPS tracking of vehicles is already commonplace), but when it covers "employees in general" and any off-the-clock time, it's gone too far.
As for which phones/networks can do the tracking: it's pretty much possible to locate phones on GSM, CDMA, and iDEN because of the E911 rules (AMPS and IS-136 TDMA are basically dead), but GSM doesn't use GPS at all (it uses triangulation of signals from cell sites) and CDMA normally requires "assistance" from cell sites to do the tracking; only iDEN phones can act as standalone GPS receivers, which is why nearly all tracking apps so far have been for Nextel, who uses iDEN.
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join:2003-04-19
Andover, NJ
| said by Keith :
said by DaveNJ :
I am just waiting for a lawsuit. I dont think anyone could find a good enough reason to know exactly where each employee is.
I do If you work for me I want to be sure YOUR working for ME and I have every right to
Who says you have every right to? Just because someone works for you does not mean you own them. If you feel they are not doing what you paid them for, fire them. And if you are that neurotic that you have to monitor your employees whereabouts, then you have some serious trust or control issues.
I think the most offensive thing about this entire thread is how many people accept this. Somewhere along the road, society's view of employment has been completely warped. Employment is a barter of sorts. Person provides services for Employer. Employer compensates person. Person does not provide services, Employer does not provide compensation. It's a simple equation really. I don't understand why people are so nonchalante about this.. "Oh.. well, I'll just find a way to get around it! That'll show 'em!" Employers have no right to do this at all in my opinion (and i'm sure it's illegal too).
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Jsouth
join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS
| Re: my phone is broken They can't listen in on your conversations just because they give you a GPS phone although if you are using a work phone for personal use, especially if you are told not to you can be fired WITHOUT recourse. They don't have to listen in to conversations. They pay the bill. No need to wiretap. Also if your dumb enough to commit a crime with a GPS enabled phone, than you deserve what you get. All the company has to do is hand over the records. | |
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Digital Pimp
join:2003-02-24
Bossier City, LA
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| Screw That My last job put GPS in the work trucks and 3 peeps quit including me.That wasn't the bigest reason for me though.
The day my boss hands me a GPS celly I'm going to shuve it up his arse.
I drive 400+ miles a day on a sales route and it gets old but it sure beats the hell out of being at the office all day with your boss.I like my freedom being on the road at work.
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