Employee discovers micromanaging boss planted secret cameras to eavesdrop on conversations with coworkers: 'You know I can see and hear you, right?'

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    "She never told me she could [see and] hear every single thing we talk about."
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    People like keep us in business. I told you she is one of our exceptions for a reason. You know I can see and hear you, right? 5:36 PM
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    So a little background, I work at a small consignment shop, We usually say people can bring in 20 items per month, but a few of our consignors are "grandfathered" in to where they can bring as much as they want since they were here since the business started.
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    Recently there was a pretty bad ice storm so the shop was closed for 4 days straight. All of the consignors that were grandfathered on top of the people who had missed. apointments/new consignors
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    brought their stuff in at the same time. My boss is in Costa Rica, so I went ahead and made the decision to tell one of the consignors over the phone "if you can, can you bring more stuff in a few days, I'm sorry because of the storm we don't have much room." She
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    agreed a bit annoyed and I thanked her. I got off the phone and told my coworker who I'm comfortable with, with no one else in the store that some of the grandfathered consignors can be entitled.
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    A lot of them after the ice storm would scoff about the item limit, . This coworker and be witnessed this working a shift with me. I can't even get the consignors
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    in the system who bring in 20 items per month, the ones who bring in 100 need to slow down considering how packed we are. My boss also said "we get to their items when we can"
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    I may have thrown a few curse words in there, not in a agressive manner just a "ugh_____" way and a stressed place. Moments later I get a "you know I can see and hear you, right?" Text and when I tell you I was LIVID I knew she could see us obviously, but she never
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    told me she could hear every single thing we talk about. I also felt angry because of the tone policing of what I say with a coworker obviously in a conversation she's not included in with no customers in the store. And it made me so anxious.
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    ACTUACNEWS
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    Tirrus 4 hr. ago My former boss is currently being sued because he put cameras in the whole office (minus bathrooms) that took audio and video and told no one.
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    Sounds like you could have grounds for the same thing
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    Dr Giggles 5 hr. ago Your boss is breaking the law if she is recording audio conversations that she isn't a part of and if neither you or your coworker agreed to be recorded. Check the wiretapping laws in your state.
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    Lemskitz. 2 hr. ago Your boss is doing something illegal loool they even admitted it so they've themselves |
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    mulberryblur. 2 hr. ago. edited 46 min. ago My boss said the CCTV in our workplace has audio. And I think if anyone sets foot into the workplace, then they are automatically consenting to being video and audio recorded. My
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    boss also said she listens to the CCTV audio to gather evidence to fire a staff member. I don't think this is wrong, since my boss will argue that the CCTV
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    cameras are visible on the ceiling, so she's not concealing anything from us. Makes me uncomfortable though.
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    Ghaenor 3 hr. ago And she put it in writing, too. This can become a beautiful grand slam.
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    deja_geek 1 hr. ago. edited 1 hr. ago More then likely they are not breaking the law. Even in states with two party consent, exception are made for private property.
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    A shop would be considered private property, and the owner/boss has the legal right to record what happens and is said on the property without having to notify employees or customers.
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    To put it another way. As an employee and customer inside a business, excluding areas where it would be a reasonable assumption that a person could be in a state
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    of undress (restroom, changing room, locker room, etc..) or a place set aside for personal conversations (phone booth for example), you have no expectation of privacy.

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