[sschueller]

He's not wrong and tracking your employees like that is actually illegal in Switzerland and probably other places as well.

In fact if you install security cameras in your work place they can not be used to track employees.

You are permitted to gather overall metrics over all employees but you can't track individuals. There are exceptions but only for very specific instances.

If you don't trust your employees to do the work then what guarantee do you have that they do their work well? This is how you end up with door hinges meant for the front ending up installed in the rear. Zero trust means their is zero incentive for the employee to give a shit about doing their job right.

[perdjesk]

Switzerland laws don't have an overall prohibition expressed that directly. Moreover the videosurveillance and system surveillance are treated separately even if some common laws apply.

The intent of the surveillance and the communication to employees is more relevant thant the technical means.

> In short, a surveillance system is prohibited if it is intended solely or primarily to monitor the actual behaviour of employees. However, the same system will not be prohibited if it is used for on legitimate reasons, such as ensuring safety or enabling the organisation or planning of work. However, the system chosen must be proportionate to the aim pursued and the employees must be informed in advance

https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/datenschutz/arbeit_...

[_nalply]

In Switzerland it is forbidden to have a dashcam or a video camera recording public spaces.

Last spring in Ireland we rented a cottage and then we discovered a video camera and could view some footage of us cluelessly strolling around the cottage. I had mixed feelings about that. Of course it's not a video camera inside, only the outside.