Watch Dog at Work: Set Free or Kennel?

I understand people have privacy concerns and they want to feel like their life is personal, but at work its not. I think it is perfectly normal and in fact should be conducted. I don't believe there can be "too much trust" between employee and employer. When you accept a job, you are essentially selling yourself, or at least your time. Because of that, an employee shouldn't be using their work email for personal reasons. They also shouldn't be fiddling around on the computer when they are on the clock. I believe that realtime monitoring really can increase productivity for those employees that need an extra push.

Of course, as any tool I believe it can be used for good or for bad. I mean look at a knife. It can be used to conduct a surgery and save a life, or to stab someone and end it. It is who is yielding the tool and what they are doing with it that matters. The tool is neither bad nor good it simply is. The tough thing about now isn't being watched at work, it is determining when work ends. Most jobs now are not just 9 to 5 clock in and out. You are given a corporate cell phone or computer. You are or can be on the clock virtually all the time.