Good for you. You're among the lucky. Don't get sucked in, cause once you do, you'll find it impossible to get out.

It's probably always running on a 20 second loop and set to stop 10 seconds after an impact.

"Could", and "would", are two very different things.

I'm an employer and I have GPS devices on all my production and sales vehicles. Every employee is told about them being installed prior to being given the keys. We look at the data occasionally to make sure employees are driving to job sites instead of taking long, unexplained detours. If someone doesn't show up to a job site, we can check where they are and see if there's an emergency with the employee or if someone is stranded. The device is also useful when a vehicle has been stolen. We do not question stops or breaks - of course, people need to use the bathroom and eat. I'm protecting my property (my vehicles) and making sure my employees aren't taking hours off from work without explaining why. Our vehicles also tell us when someone speeds. We work in emergency response and time makes or breaks us. We need to move fast, but not break the law or put anyone at risk.

On the same token, we also have security cameras in various rooms. We look at the feed only when we have reports of a break-in from our security system, and we've been able to catch people breaking in on a few occasions. Again, I'm protecting my property and my employees who may be working after hours and are still in the building.

So, while it is ridiculous to question minute-by-minute actions (that's just bad micro management), there are some legitimate reasons for these devices.

I like to warn the chronic speeders before the police get to them. When they, the police, "let me know" it's already too late and a fine has to be paid. I've never been a fan of paying fines. Also, I understand risk exists for everyone simply because we're alive. The point is to minimize it. I learned a lot about liability when we began to pay six figures in different types of insurance every year.

And, yes, my employees get the job done. That's why they're employed.

Thats brutal work. Hard to believe someone could drink and still lay brick. I think I would have passed out.

They have camera's and gps in our cable trucks. One facing the driver the other the front of the vehicle. They don't monitor them and the camera only saves what it's recording 10 seconds before and 10 seconds after the truck swerves or stops or accelerates rapidly. It's so the company can know if you're the reason the vehicle got in a wreck. I understand their view point.

His company explains that they need to curb moonlighting, where drivers stop at a friends house, and sprays 'off the books'.

My friend says that their chemicals are monitored carefully, and giving any away would show up easily.

Two sides to the same coin...but I wouldn't work for anyone that assumed that I would steal from them.

Thats where it crosses the line. If you can't make a restroom stop without explaing to your employer something is wrong.

A friend is in pest control for a major company, and they just put GPS trackers in their trucks.

He was called into the manager's office to explain his 10 minute stop, not on his route. "I had a nature call, and pulled into a 7-11." The manager didn't comment, other than a sarcastic "Hmm."

My friend realizes that his freedom to simply get his job done, has gone. He talks all the time about leaving.