He also implemented monitoring software that could generate reports on which employees were the most frequent users of Internet sites. As a result, he found that one month a popular stock trading site had over 3 percent of the total Internet activity for the entire firm. He then referred to reports to see which employee was involved. This led to a detailed investigation of all the stock trading activities the employee performed. With today s technology, it is becoming easier to snoop on employees.
Specialized software is available that can monitor what employees are doing with their PCs.
These programs can discover whether an employee is using his or her PC to hunt for a new job, buy stock, or visit pornographic sites. Some believe that the surveillance power available today is staggering. Using monitoring software, companies con review all the files that employees have deleted from their PCs. A company that has limited personal Internet usage can monitor virtually any activity performed on corporate PCs. Using monitoring software, an information technology manager can see that one employee is making retirement calculations on his PC, another employee is sending jokes via e-mail to friends and family, and another is using the Internet to search for other job opportunities.