what do uthink of employers who fit trackers in their workers vans sad or what?

Question

a tracked person

Answer 1

Being a past tracked employee I feel your pain. I worked so many hours for this company, mandatory overtime, long work weeks that sometimes exceded 80 hrs a week. It sucked I felt that they could have least paid me to stop and pi$$. Then again I didn't really care cuz I still stuck to my normal routine. I would stop whenever I felt like it and if there was a problem, in which nothing was ever said, they could've found another idiot to fill my shoes............

Answer 2

my son is a lorry mechanic and is on night time call every one in three weeks, his van has a tracker fitted so if he is called out in the middle of the night he is only paid for the time he is out, if its only a small job he could be called out at four in the morning and be back home by five, he will only be paid the hour and then feel crap for the rest of the day, to make mater's worse the boss would not pay for a tracker so he has had to buy his own to make things more efficient, you would think that if the tight git had trackers in staled he would of gone the extra for sat nav, for a call out they bill three hours min plus extras (fair or what).

Answer 3

An employer owns my time for 8 hours a day. He pays me well for my time and if he wants to know where I am it is his right. Most people, and I have known many, who complain about this are those caught at a Bar, Strip Club, Adult Book Store or sacked out under a tree somewhere.

Answer 4

Buddy of mine got hijacked when driving & when they'd nicked the load they left him tied up in the back miles from anywhere. The tracker realised he wasn't where he should be and hadn't moved, resulting in him being found. Could have been a lot worse otherwise.
Now he says he's glad they track him!

Answer 5

With all of the wasted time I see workers just kickin it, I think it is a great idea. Imagine you are a business owner and you get a call from the police that your employee(s) and your van were cited for soliciting prostitution or trying to buy drugs.

Answer 6

It can be bad for morale but you have to think of the money that firms are chucking away each year on personal fuel and hours (claimed for but not worked).
A friend of mine who works for a large electrical/ refrigeration firm informed me that they have recently installed trackers on their vans after calculating that they had spent £200,000 in one year to supplement personal mileage - not counting hours booked down that weren't actually worked. I can fully understand the grievance of the employee but I, as a business owner, tend to side with the company on this one.

Answer 7

Have you ever thought it might actually be for your safety? The employer knows how long various works take, particularly courier work. If a van gets stuck somewhere, and theres an accident... it could save your life. This is particularly the case when the lorry/van goes abroad. But hey! what are you doing that makes you bothered about it? :)

Answer 8

Not at all. It's entirely consenting between the employer and the worker.

Employer: Hey I'll pay people to drive! I'll track em.

Worker: Cool! I love money and don't care if you track me.

Now if it were in the Soviet Union, that would suck.

Employer: You! You must drive for me, or die. I track!

Worker: .......

Answer 9

If employees didn't violate a basic trust there wouldn't be a need for trackers. The employee can always seek other employment if he is bothered by the device.

Answer 10

I think it's called the "Trackers for Slackers" program.

Cover the antenna with aluminum foil if you need to stop off at the pub for a pint.