2011年10月3日星期一

Thought on "Snooping Bosses"

"Privacy" is a sensitive topic to most of us in life. We always want to keep something secreat for ourselves no matter what the causes are, no matter how close our relationship is to our family mumbers,friends,or collagues. Some privacies are "easily" protected such as our feelings, thoughts and ideas because they are something in our mind, it is not visible. No one can see it unless we want to share it with people. Whereas some privacies are difficult to hide,like visible things. Although sometimes our thoughts can be reflected by visible behaviours, talking and actions etc.

At work, the desire of protecting privacy is especially strong. There must be a number of reasons why people dont want to share things. I personally believe everything has a reason behind it. For example, the employee called for sickleave in Monument Security company, maybe he just wanted to take an advantage of company's sickleave welfare instead of really being sick, for the CEO found out he was not in bed resting.  From the employee perspective, he did not share the real reason with his boss, that's his right of protecting privacy.He might very appreciate his boss rather trust him but not investigate what he said is true or not. When people found out he is not trustful by other people, what they are supposed to do? If it was me, I will lose trust as well to the people who don't trust me.

From  company perspective, it is not wrong that they should make sure their employees spend the time for company at work, not for individual staffs. Company would like employees spend 100% work time at work hours. In theory it is understandable that CEO did things like that. However, company is doing business with their employees as well besides outside customers. Benefits company is aiming for should be mutual to both company and employees. If employees think their benefits are not protected, they may tend to work for other companies. On the other hand, company also has right to hire new people.

What I want to address here is the relationship between employers and employees should be mutual trustful. A friendly working environment can be helpful for mutual benefits.