Hyper Monitoring@Offices - BEWARE...

Why do companies monitor? They want to maximize productivity and also retain current employees. So, they are pushed to behave like detectives and psychologists...

Want to know the various ways in which you can be monitored at office?


Employers can
- see your monitor on their laptop screens and even control your mouse movements
- steal the passwords of your personal mail accounts, LinkedIn, Orkut, Naukri profiles, personal blogs and then check or track all your personal accounts
- make phone calls posing as recruiters and find out if you are looking for jobs or freelance opportunities
- install pin hole (invisible cameras) in different places and see the video in their laptop or PC screen. Such cameras can be installed in bathroom mirrors, flower vases, and even hair dryers!!!
- use IP address to monitor your work even if you work from home 
- count the number of your keystrokes - and hence know if you are really working or just sitting in front of the computer
- view all the websites you see and items in the website you click
- download cookies in your PC and capture important data and monitor your chat window to check if you are "Busy" or offline(gossiping etc)!!!
- keep a bug(mike) in critical places,such as, Lunch tables or even near your workspace and listen/record to all conversations you engage in
- bug and record conversations over mobile/cellphones or even landline phones
- get a copy of all your mails and even modify your mail content

- get a copy of your all your SMS
- use a detective agency during background verification check
- use their old, long term, and loyal employees to talk with you and collect all types of information about you!!!

Employee Engagement - A buzzword for Retention

Employee engagement is a term used to describe how involved or committed an employee is to an organization. These days employees just "date their jobs and do not marry jobs." If someone expects a person to stick to an organization from "cradle to grave" - they have mental arthritis. Moreover, a highly skilled employee is more concerned about work and client rather than the company he/she works for.In such scenarios, transparency in the management plans and business processes ensure employee engagement.

A research shows that the productivity of an engaged employee is 25% higher than an employee who is mentally outside the company. A 'psychological recession' in employees is common today as management focuses more on bottomline and shareholder profits. So management should follow a policy of inclusiveness and include their employees in business decisions.

A participative management style should enable employee engagement. Benefits such as trainings, paid vacations, and other types of entertainment surely brings about employee engagement. Companies in India and China should gear up as the employee engagement levels are lowest here!!! Good luck to all managers and CEOs to engage their associates ;-)

Check out the initiative of Satyam as stated below :
Satyam Launches SatyamStarPower.com For Employee Engagement:To increase employee engagement and give a chance to employees to showcase their creative talent, IT services provider Satyam Computer has launched the web portal SatyamStarPower.com. Referred to as Fun@Work, the website will allow employees to express their creative talent irrespective of their location. On the portal, employees can express creativity in terms of writing, singing, dancing or even painting. The website will let all employees be part of the fun and entertainment taking place in any part of the world within the company.