Cameras were installed at a previous company where I worked. This was just an office - there was nothing to see anyone doing other than sitting at desks and walking between desks.
The management told the staff they were only going to be on after working hours, to catch thieves. I noticed a week or two later that some young, male, technical members of staff, including the one who did the installation, were in the server room watching staff on the monitors, laughing at people’s appearances and talking about the sexual acts they would like to perform with some of those visible on the monitor.
I reported this to management, who said they’d fix it. A week later, the same was happening. Again I reported, again it carried on. Then I saw that (male) management were using the web viewer from their desks to watch the women in the office (selecting particular views) from the comfort of their desks with monitors towards the windows. Which are reflective, so they weren’t as private as they perhaps thought.
I told one of the women concerned. She complained to the same management - they told her they were off during work hours (which they weren’t) and nothing happened.
I kept spotting them sitting watching the staff from their cosy corners, so I logged into the system (it wasn’t hard to find the credentials) and reconfigured it so it wouldn’t appear on the network any more.
It took them a few days to factory reset the box and they were off again. I left shortly afterwards - the general attitude towards employees being one of my main reasons.
The management told the staff they were only going to be on after working hours, to catch thieves. I noticed a week or two later that some young, male, technical members of staff, including the one who did the installation, were in the server room watching staff on the monitors, laughing at people’s appearances and talking about the sexual acts they would like to perform with some of those visible on the monitor.
I reported this to management, who said they’d fix it. A week later, the same was happening. Again I reported, again it carried on. Then I saw that (male) management were using the web viewer from their desks to watch the women in the office (selecting particular views) from the comfort of their desks with monitors towards the windows. Which are reflective, so they weren’t as private as they perhaps thought.
I told one of the women concerned. She complained to the same management - they told her they were off during work hours (which they weren’t) and nothing happened.
I kept spotting them sitting watching the staff from their cosy corners, so I logged into the system (it wasn’t hard to find the credentials) and reconfigured it so it wouldn’t appear on the network any more.
It took them a few days to factory reset the box and they were off again. I left shortly afterwards - the general attitude towards employees being one of my main reasons.