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Speaker 1 (00:00):
As we roll into Friday with us. I don't know
if this is happening to you, but have you ever
had the thought or idea that my conscious the boss
is a little bit more inside my aura than I
like them to me or she to me? What's a
camera over there? Oh my gosh, this email has been
hacked into by somebody. My boss has been in here
join us now to talk about this is David Olcott,
(00:22):
workplace experts and the CEO of Samurai Sources, an international
executive organizational personal coaching firm. Welcome in, David. I'm glad
to have you this morning. So this is a thing now,
boss is secretly spying on employees.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yes, surgery, it is. Thanks for having me on the show,
and yes it really is a thing happening.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Wow. All right, So I guess you know we've all
been told if you're on a company computer, understand that
belongs to the company and they can do anything they
want with it. Add software, take software off, update this
update that even go through your company emails. You know.
So are people still in the ark and thinking, oh,
I've got a computer here, it's my email, it's private.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I think they are as a matter of fact, our
optimism as Americans tend to just overshadow things which are
incredibly obvious to us. But yes, that really is happening,
and employers and companies actually have the legal right to
do that. And there's a lot of important reasons why.
But one of those things is that if you do
something on a company's computer that makes the company, you know,
liable to something, they're going to have to pay for that.
(01:25):
So following that, having that legal side of that, having
that ability to understand what you're doing on that computer
is really important. So here's a great rule. If you're
doing something that's personal, get off the business computer. That'll
keep you safe.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yeah, And people say that, well, look now some of
this stuff. You know, this is my main communication, whether
it's the phone or the company computer, So I'm entitled
to some privacy, aren't I? And I guess the bottom
line is no, absolutely not. But does this break down
trust between the employer and the employee if in fact
employees go, awogn minute, you were looking into my computer
(02:00):
and they say, well, we kind of have to check
in every once in a while, and everybody it's just
not you.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Yeah. As a matter of fact, if people find out
on their own that you're you're actually looking in their stuff.
No matter what you've told them, or it's an employee
Hamburg or anything else like that, they're going to be upset.
So here's your best strategy. Sit down with the people
and let them know that you are taking a look
at those kind of things of why it's important. It
really is about focusing on not watching people, but it's
really about focusing on understanding and improving the system.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Well, so if you do have an issue with it,
what's the best way to handle this if you're the
employee without being real confrontational in somebody's face about it.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
So if you have any questions, if you hear any
rumors in you and you're going to you know, if
you get stuff like this going on, sit down with somebody,
a trusted person within your company and say, hey, is
this happening and why is it happening so you can
understand it. But just as a rule of thumb, if
you're working in a corporation, business day small medium sized businesses,
just think about this. If you were the owner of
that business, would you do those things on that computer?
(02:58):
And most of the time, I think your own moral
comes will really help you out a difficult situation.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, if you're using that company computer phone, you expect
no privacy, basically, I guess, is the bottom line, right.
So I'm still kind of shocked that people believe that
they have privacy in the workplace, with the way they
put cameras in buildings these days, and you're working on
company computers and you know, there was a guy that
I used to work with years ago. You know, he's
(03:23):
on inappropriate websites in the middle of the day in
the office and it's like people walking by, like, what
are you doing here? That didn't last long, So, yeah,
it's not your computer. Watch what you're doing, all right, David,
I appreciated helicopter bosses. It's a thing.
As we roll into Friday with us. I don't know
if this is happening to you, but have you ever
had the thought or idea that my conscious the boss
is a little bit more inside my aura than I
like them to me or she to me? What's a
camera over there? Oh my gosh, this email has been
hacked into by somebody. My boss has been in here
join us now to talk about this is David Olcott,
(00:22):
workplace experts and the CEO of Samurai Sources, an international
executive organizational personal coaching firm. Welcome in, David. I'm glad
to have you this morning. So this is a thing now,
boss is secretly spying on employees.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yes, surgery, it is. Thanks for having me on the show,
and yes it really is a thing happening.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Wow. All right, So I guess you know we've all
been told if you're on a company computer, understand that
belongs to the company and they can do anything they
want with it. Add software, take software off, update this
update that even go through your company emails. You know.
So are people still in the ark and thinking, oh,
I've got a computer here, it's my email, it's private.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I think they are as a matter of fact, our
optimism as Americans tend to just overshadow things which are
incredibly obvious to us. But yes, that really is happening,
and employers and companies actually have the legal right to
do that. And there's a lot of important reasons why.
But one of those things is that if you do
something on a company's computer that makes the company, you know,
liable to something, they're going to have to pay for that.
(01:25):
So following that, having that legal side of that, having
that ability to understand what you're doing on that computer
is really important. So here's a great rule. If you're
doing something that's personal, get off the business computer. That'll
keep you safe.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yeah, And people say that, well, look now some of
this stuff. You know, this is my main communication, whether
it's the phone or the company computer, So I'm entitled
to some privacy, aren't I? And I guess the bottom
line is no, absolutely not. But does this break down
trust between the employer and the employee if in fact
employees go, awogn minute, you were looking into my computer
(02:00):
and they say, well, we kind of have to check
in every once in a while, and everybody it's just
not you.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Yeah. As a matter of fact, if people find out
on their own that you're you're actually looking in their stuff.
No matter what you've told them, or it's an employee
Hamburg or anything else like that, they're going to be upset.
So here's your best strategy. Sit down with the people
and let them know that you are taking a look
at those kind of things of why it's important. It
really is about focusing on not watching people, but it's
really about focusing on understanding and improving the system.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Well, so if you do have an issue with it,
what's the best way to handle this if you're the
employee without being real confrontational in somebody's face about it.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
So if you have any questions, if you hear any
rumors in you and you're going to you know, if
you get stuff like this going on, sit down with somebody,
a trusted person within your company and say, hey, is
this happening and why is it happening so you can
understand it. But just as a rule of thumb, if
you're working in a corporation, business day small medium sized businesses,
just think about this. If you were the owner of
that business, would you do those things on that computer?
(02:58):
And most of the time, I think your own moral
comes will really help you out a difficult situation.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, if you're using that company computer phone, you expect
no privacy, basically, I guess, is the bottom line, right.
So I'm still kind of shocked that people believe that
they have privacy in the workplace, with the way they
put cameras in buildings these days, and you're working on
company computers and you know, there was a guy that
I used to work with years ago. You know, he's
(03:23):
on inappropriate websites in the middle of the day in
the office and it's like people walking by, like, what
are you doing here? That didn't last long, So, yeah,
it's not your computer. Watch what you're doing, all right, David,
I appreciated helicopter bosses. It's a thing.
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