Big Brother Watching Your Every Move...

Re: Buckley, Russell, The Death Knell of Privacy. The Mobile Technology Weblog, May 25, 2005

According to the above article the mobile technology industry has now created a new method to increase efficiency and production at the workplace - by tracking your every move! Whether you are in the restroom or going outside for a smoke, your manager will always know where you are - thanks to the Sprint Business Mobility Framework, which is a service that tracks employees' movements. It sends out alerts to management when they stray outside the designated Geofence and reports a "breadcrumb" trail of where they have been. Finally, it can tell managers which employee is nearest to a given point in the event of a service need - think the nearest taxi or plumber.

I agree with Buckley that is type of management is horrendous. Employees must feel freedom in their workplace and management needs to have confidence that their employees are doing their jobs. Just like tagging a cow with an electronic device so it doesn't wander off the farm, employers will be doing the same to humans - let me reiterate, HUMANS! It is already bad enough that at some major corporations you have to literally "clock in" and out every day. I seriously hope that this trend stops because I know that I would never work for such an establishment.

Should your management track every move you make while on the job? Do you want big brother watching your every move?