Do your people have the right to chat?

Posted by admin on December 15, 2007

PCs may have made some things simpler, but they have also complicated a lot of things. You may watch your employees. Nobody just sits around. You may never be sure if these people are actually doing what they are supposed to. Is spying really a viable option? Or is there probably a more honest and transparent way of employee monitoring?

In the past the choice for bosses who wanted some control was limited. Only spyware was available for computer monitoring . Spyware is the name for computer applications that make screenshots, copy text the user inputs into their computer, observe traffic. So you get control. What happens is that workers begin having bad thoughts about you. You can lose respect of your people, because you are effectively violating their privacy.

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