Cameras on the work floor????

[bigd33]

Just heard last nt. @ work that the company is going to put cameras up on the floor That just blows my mind.... Does any one else work for sob's like this?? other than walmart etc....

[headoftheholler]

Managed 1 bank and 2 finance offices that had cameras that could be accessed remotely. Not that I had anything to hide but always made me feel uncomfortable.

[chadwimc]

I work at a major mid-western university. I have to assume I'm on camera the whole time...

[barney]

My kids are filmed every single day, on the school bus,(public property) and the thing that gripes me the most is, if there is a problem, I can't view the tape. :confused:

I, for one........and I may be alone, but, I feel its unconstitutional.

The work place, is private property, and there is probably nothing.....a person could do?:(

[shot'm&hook'm]

I heard that in a plant in Owensborow; if your trashcan is out of place, they take a picture of it as evidence and then right you up for it! And you can actualy get fired for it!? Now That is Rediculous!

[bigd33]

My kids are filmed every single day, on the school bus,(public property) and the thing that gripes me the most is, if there is a problem, I can't view the tape. :confused:

I, for one........and I may be alone, but, I feel its unconstitutional.

The work place, is private property, and there is probably nothing.....a person could do?:(
yes your right but I think it's a bunch of B.S.

[nwest]

Just heard last nt. @ work that the company is going to put cameras up on the floor That just blows my mind.... Does any one else work for sob's like this?? other than walmart etc....

If you don't like it...find another job. What has lead to this?

[lymanl3]

I agree...its a business. Im sure they are putting cameras up for a reason.

[ducknbuckhunter]

i totally agree with cameras.... it will keep those "problem" employees well aware that everything they do wrong somebody will see, so hopefully it will cut down job accidents, injuries, money theft etc... now for those people who dont do anything wrong your in the clear you should have nothing to worry about

[Split_Ear]

Just heard last nt. @ work that the company is going to put cameras up on the floor That just blows my mind.... Does any one else work for sob's like this?? other than walmart etc....

If you're doing nothing wrong then whats the big deal?

[Bray]

As a business man he is just protecting his business. Cameras are expensive, the guy probably feels the benifit from having cameras will outwiegh the costs.

[bigd33]

If you're doing nothing wrong then whats the big deal?
I found out last nite that there going to place them on the exits to the building they had caught a trucker with some scape copper.. I don't blame the company for that we have several 100 tons of copper.. I would say some of the worker's might get stickey fingers as well.. It's just weird something to get use to.. I don't do nothing wrong just like time clock's takes a little time just a change I guess..

[Kentuck]

Just protecting their business. Found out last Sunday our church has cameras in it. Had someone steal one of the Pastor's computer a couple weeks ago.

[trust me]

I've installed camera and digital recording systems. They're not cheap. If the boss incurs that expense you can be sure he's got a good reason.

[redneck1377]

why is all cameras install close to the ceiling, all that you see is the top of the head and then they ask you if you can I D the person

[corndogggy]

why is all cameras install close to the ceiling, all that you see is the top of the head and then they ask you if you can I D the person

To see over aisles, equipment, etc. Put them at eye level and you'll have to install 10 times the amount of cameras due to not being able to see behind objects. Plus you can't destroy them as easy.

[Louhunter]

As an engineer working for a large BLUE computer company, every customer I visit has cameras. It is just part of the work environment. You know what is ironic? The majority of these clients will NOT allow you to bring a camera in the workplace.

[corndogggy]

Saw a news story awhile back where this lady was caught on camera taking vegetable oil off the shelf at a grocery store, pouring it on the ground, putting the bottle back up, walking away, only to walk back by and purposely slip on the oil in order to sue the store. You can't trust people nowadays.

[newshooter05]

i have installed a lot of cameras and watched a lot of strange things on em. u can not put a camera where a person has an expecation of privacy and u have to be durn careful in where u put it. i can put one that shoots thru a hole no bigger than a match head and have a pic as clear as crystal. if they want to spend the money they can get great film. the recorders can go several hundred hours w/o being changed.

people working around a camera get used to it and seem to forget it unless somthing reminds them it is there and camers do save some companies some grief. the only draw back to camers is some one has to review the film and keep up with them. i know some banks that have camers on there anytime tellers but refuse to use the film in court cause the time stamp could be off. some banks lost some cases cause of time stamps being wrong and had to pay out big money in law suits
u watch a camera much and ull see some dang funny stuff.
david

[ptbrauch]

We got them and its no big deal. No one reviews the footage unless theres a reason to do so. We have used them in the past to track employees who were leaving during the day (punching in, leaving, coming back to punch out) and to find out who ran a forktruck into something. They can be used for a whole lot more, but we currently don't.

[redneck1377]

do spy cameras store it's film in the camera housing or sent it to a secondary location

[Wildcat]

I had cameras put in my business in every room except the bathrooms. You would be supprised how much the amount of work that got done in a week. Business improved so much that 6 months later everyone got a raise.

If some of you fear a camera in the work place think about this. It's no different than the boss seeing what you are doing on your COMPANIES coumpter, if they find you spending time on here and not working, well....

[Wildcat]

do spy cameras store it's film in the camera housing or sent it to a secondary location

Secondary location under lock and key.

[redneck1377]

GOOD ,I would use a lock that require two keys to be turn at the same time

[KY_Fried]

Cameras are just about everywhere anymore. I can deal with it but that doesn't mean I have to like it. The whole "if you don't have anything to hide why do you care?" attitude really eats at me.
Privacy is going the way of the dinosaurs. As is respect. :(

[ducknbuckhunter]

i have also hooked up a few cams myself, worked for acs techs here in owensboro for a stint, the celling thing is ofcoarse for the view but also helps out us tech men in hidding the wires :D:D and like said before you can record countless hours especialy if you get a dvr... but this aint cheap!!!!!!

[Auk1124]

Cameras are just about everywhere anymore. I can deal with it but that doesn't mean I have to like it. The whole "if you don't have anything to hide why do you care?" attitude really eats at me.
Privacy is going the way of the dinosaurs. As is respect. :(

Agree 100%. People seem perfectly content to let either the Government or their employer shove a camera up their butts, and it floors me that more people do not get upset over this or feel uneasy about it. The whole "if you have nothing to hide, you will be safe from the purge" line sounds to me like something straight out of Berlin in the 30's.

George Orwell was a prophet.

[Split_Ear]

Agree 100%. People seem perfectly content to let either the Government or their employer shove a camera up their butts, and it floors me that more people do not get upset over this or feel uneasy about it. The whole "if you have nothing to hide, you will be safe from the purge" line sounds to me like something straight out of Berlin in the 30's.

George Orwell was a prophet.

whatever, there is a reason employers take these steps.

A recent national survey found that employees waste an average of 2.2 hours each workday, not including lunch. So over the course of every month, an employee spends over one week not working! A conversation about American Idol around the water cooler, a personal phone call, searching Google for the perfect gift — could it really cost that much? The cost to employers nationwide is around $651 billion per year.
On the darker side of workplace behavior is employee theft. Reports differ as to how much theft costs U.S. companies, but it’s somewhere between $60 billion and $100 billion per year. Amazingly, retailers lose more merchandise and money to employee theft than they do to shoplifting. Boiled down to a per company rate, you can estimate that you’ll lose roughly two percent of your yearly revenue to employee theft.

[randy grider]

If you have nothing to hide the cameras should not bother you.

[GSP]

whatever, there is a reason employers take these steps.

A recent national survey found that employees waste an average of 2.2 hours each workday, not including lunch. So over the course of every month, an employee spends over one week not working! A conversation about American Idol around the water cooler, a personal phone call, searching Google for the perfect gift — could it really cost that much? The cost to employers nationwide is around $651 billion per year.
On the darker side of workplace behavior is employee theft. Reports differ as to how much theft costs U.S. companies, but it’s somewhere between $60 billion and $100 billion per year. Amazingly, retailers lose more merchandise and money to employee theft than they do to shoplifting. Boiled down to a per company rate, you can estimate that you’ll lose roughly two percent of your yearly revenue to employee theft.

...and think, Kentuckyhunting.net didn't even make this list.:eek: :D:D

[barney]

whatever, there is a reason employers take these steps.

A recent national survey found that employees waste an average of 2.2 hours each workday, not including lunch. So over the course of every month, an employee spends over one week not working! A conversation about American Idol around the water cooler, a personal phone call, searching Google for the perfect gift — could it really cost that much? The cost to employers nationwide is around $651 billion per year.
On the darker side of workplace behavior is employee theft. Reports differ as to how much theft costs U.S. companies, but it’s somewhere between $60 billion and $100 billion per year. Amazingly, retailers lose more merchandise and money to employee theft than they do to shoplifting. Boiled down to a per company rate, you can estimate that you’ll lose roughly two percent of your yearly revenue to employee theft.
It has also been shown, that an uninforced and casual work place, with personal time, promotes productivity,and profits.......... Just ask Bill Gates:)

[canemaker]

Get this.... I went in to pay my cellular bill at Bluegrasss Cellular in Campbellsville, KY (one of the larger offices of Bluegrass Cellular) and one of the ladies that waited on me (a friend) told me to be careful what I said. When I asked why she told me, "Not only is Big Brother watching you on video....you are now being audio recorded in this office." Apparently the equipment is sensitive enough to not only record audio at the individual stations where you conduct business, but in the waiting area as well!

I asked where the sign was posted advising me that I was being recorded and she motioned to the front door. A sticker (half the size of a dollar bill) was on the front door at waist level. She said there were two more signs posted in the office, but I didn't take time to look at them because she said they were the same size.

[raktrakr]

Get this.... I went in to pay my cellular bill at Bluegrasss Cellular in Campbellsville, KY (one of the larger offices of Bluegrass Cellular) and one of the ladies that waited on me (a friend) told me to be careful what I said. When I asked why she told me, "Not only is Big Brother watching you on video....you are now being audio recorded in this office." Apparently the equipment is sensitive enough to not only record audio at the individual stations where you conduct business, but in the waiting area as well!

I asked where the sign was posted advising me that I was being recorded and she motioned to the front door. A sticker (half the size of a dollar bill) was on the front door at waist level. She said there were two more signs posted in the office, but I didn't take time to look at them because she said they were the same size.Well if thats true, I hope they took what I said to heart!:cool:
As for cameras being in the workplace, Unless your one of the peons doing the gruntwork like myself, Your "if you're doing nothing wrong" philosophy dont mean crap.

[reivertom]

I would stink to not be able to scratch your nuts without some "rent a cop" watching you.