Control and Surveillance in the Workplace.

Am I being secretly watched? Is someone monitoring how well I am doing my job? These just two questions that run through my mind continuously while I am working at Columbia Regional Hospital. I was hired to work in the physical therapy department as a rehabilitation technician about a year and a half ago. During this time, I have discovered a number of ways that I am being controlled in the workplace. I will further …showed first 75 words of 766 total…

…showed last 75 words of 766 total…adequately completing their job. However, too much control could make workers feel nervous. I know that the feeling of constantly being watched not only affect my actions, but also my emotions and feeling toward my job, usually in a negative manner. I believe the use of surveillance should be limited to the greatest extent possible. Also, the use of other controls should be limited unless a worker is in suspicion of needing more personal monitoring.