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- Catoblepas ( @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 84•8 days ago
Upper managers allegedly justified the camera’s installation as a security measure to monitor individuals attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the office, according to the suit, which also claims that video recording of AA members at a meeting is illegal.
Incredible, even scummier than I thought it was going to be based on the title.
- Nougat ( @Nougat@fedia.io ) 46•8 days ago
… Alcoholics Anonymous …
It’s right in the name, even.
- phorq ( @phorq@lemmy.ml ) Español8•8 days ago
They thought it was a hacking group drinking event.
- Rai ( @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•7 days ago
My gawd
At my partner’s last job, they insisted on having a camera above their desk (front desk of the building)
They worked together to make sure my partner was not visible, and the camera had no sound.
I would HATE to have a camera on me at all times, ick. I’m so happy we work at home now.
- Melatonin ( @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 35•8 days ago
They don’t fucking own you.
- underwire212 ( @underwire212@lemm.ee ) 15•8 days ago
They sure as hell act like it though
- ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed ( @IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English11•8 days ago
Well for one, I’m glad law enforcement are required to have body cams for accountability. Imagine if police unions lobbied so that the body cam requirement is be removed because of privacy reasons.
- Catoblepas ( @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 19•8 days ago
It’s fine for cops to have less privacy than normal workers, considering they are given much more responsibility and power.
- toast ( @toast@retrolemmy.com ) 21•8 days ago
That’s weird. How does Vaseline keep getting on the camera lens?
- ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed ( @IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English10•8 days ago
So um…
The question is, are employers allowed to monitor you while you work?
I mean, cashiers are gonna have cameras pointed at them.
Bank workers…
Casinos…
Law enforcement (body cams are pointed away, but still one can argue its privacy intrusion)
I mean, you are getting paid so is it unreasonable for an employer to monitor you?
Like some jobs already has the norm of cameras monitoring your work. So do we all get rid of camera? Or should some jobs get monitored while other don’t?
Curious 🤔
I mean, nobody like being watched, but like if you think about it, a store owner has to make sure their cashiers don’t steal.
- echolalia ( @echolalia@lemmy.ml ) 18•8 days ago
Counterpoint: all of those jobs have workers who know they are being filmed. This was done without this woman’s consent, secretly.
- CityPop ( @CityPop@lemmy.today ) 8•8 days ago
Upper managers allegedly justified the camera’s installation as a security measure to monitor individuals attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the office, according to the suit, which also claims that video recording of AA members at a meeting is illegal.
Is this about theft tho?
- ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed ( @IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English4•8 days ago
Oh yea, I’m not specifically referring to this story. But like in a general sense of “Is surveillance at work ever okay? If so, when is it okay and when is it not okay?”
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) English4•8 days ago
I know most people demand privacy while they work, but I’m on camera for most of my job, all day every day. I also don’t know what my point was…
- I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 1•7 days ago
You are giving informed consent to be on camera while working. If you found out your boss was secretly filming you without your consent, you would likely feel differently.
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) English1•7 days ago
You say that, but when I prove the camera I found in my toilet belongs to my employer…
- I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 2•7 days ago
No, that one belongs to Creepy Greg
dont ever get a job in a bank
- jagged_circle ( @jagged_circle@feddit.nl ) English2•7 days ago
I used to work for a bank. We had one security camera that was pointed at the front entrance door of the office.
Actually when I started working there the camera wasn’t plugged-in. I figured it would be a good idea to have it on so we could at least have footage of folks entering and leaving the one door into and out of the office.
After I turned it on, legal made me turn it off because the corner of the camera also filmed the door to the bathroom at the entrance of the office. German laws dont allow you to monitor bathroom usage.
So this bank had no cameras for years until they changed offices.
Just dont work in an oppressive country where corporations can exploit you. Pass privacy laws.