Employers are worming their way into their employees lives in a number of devious and sinister ways.
Intrusion often begins with the application process.
Other tactics nosy employers use to control their workers lives are carrot or stick incentives. A Harris poll of 1,175 executives found 86 percent thought it acceptable to charge workers more for their insurance if they engage in unhealthy habits, such as smoking or eating fried food. If neither carrot nor stick work, some firms resort to outright spying. Six smokers were fired after security cameras spotted them having a sly puff outside their Motorola office building in Bathgate, England. Motorola forces employees who smoke to do so only inside their own cars.