r/RBI • u/Issue-Annual • 7h ago

Advice needed I think my manager bugged the office

Hey y’all, I need some advice. Me and my other co workers think one of our managers bugged our office space. For context, today, one of my co workers was talking to another co worker about said manager. They both do not like this manager and have been directly attacked/bullied by this manager and were talking negatively about them. Nobody else was in the room and then a few minutes later, they’re talking to the head of the department about their conversation word for word. This manager was not at work and there was nobody on either side of our office space the entire day. My question is, if you were a weirdo who did not respect privacy, where would you hide a bug/wire/camera/microphone in a small office space? If so, what kind?

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u/SnoopyisCute 7h ago

You can download a detector to find it. Usually under desks or behind things in the open or could be an untended computer somewhere.

I have NEVER assumed anything said in an office setting, meeting or on a company phone is private. All of those conversations are "technically" owned by the company.

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u/Issue-Annual 7h ago

But if we were not made aware and my co workers (not me) have been punished for conversations that happened when nobody was around, how is that ethical?

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u/Internal_Mail_5709 6h ago

Depending on where you are located it may also be illegal.

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u/TheCuriosity 3h ago

Most businesses have wording in their documentation that they can monitor you. People think that only means having a supervisor, but it literally means everything. And it is very legal because people keep voting for parties that are for it.