An employee feels violated after discovering a hidden camera in their private office, as they believe their boss is using it to micromanage their workload.
The staff member was initially unfazed by the sight of a camera in their workplace - until they noticed that it was the only active camera in the entire office.
Taking to popular forum site Reddit, the anonymous worker claimed the camera points directly at them, but notes that there's no other cameras in the entire office.
They explained: "I started at this new job not long ago, and since the first day, I've known there was a camera in my office. I don't think it's necessarily weird to have cameras in an office setting, there are cameras in all sorts of places for all kinds of reasons."
The Reddit user went on: "But, the camera in my office isn't any sort of built-in fixture. And MY individual office room is the only office with a camera in it.
"On my first day of the job, I realised my boss was too 'aware' of my actions. He said something to me that threw me off, and I knew he wouldn't have brought it up unless he had been watching me do something. It was just TOO coincidental.
"But it was casual at the same time so it wasn't a direct allusion to the camera he has. But immediately after that incident, I scanned around the room, and I found a camera nestled into a cubby with a small wire that leads into his adjacent office.
"My other boss has also indirectly responded to my actions in the group chat. The few times I had spent an excessive amount of time on my phone were times that the 'hey guys! Let me know if you guys need anything to work on, I know things are slow' messages would trickle in.
"Anything that seemed to hint at me being watched was also said or done ambiguously enough that they weren't revealing anything about being able to see me, as if I'm not SUPPOSED to know I'm being watched, and that's what is unsettling to me."
The employee was spooked after noticing that the camera was "pointed directly" at themselves instead of the desk or the door.
They explained further: "I've looked at everyone else's offices and didn't see a single camera. The camera is pointed specifically at ME. And I don't even deal with money or anything that could be stolen.
"I don't know if I should bring this up. I'm not entirely mad, and I guess I understand the reasoning, like making sure I'm 'on task' or some s***. It just bothers me a little that I can be watched whenever, and they never even disclosed that. I feel like someone being constantly monitored has the right to know that they are. Especially since I'm the ONLY one being watched like this."
Since sharing the post online, the Reddit user's thread has raked in over 800 comments to date - where people rushed to the comment section to discuss the peculiar ordeal.
Sharing a suggestion on how to approach the uncomfortable situation, one person said: "Any time you are finished with a task and waiting for another one, spend excessive amounts of time staring into the camera."
Meanwhile, someone else wrote: "Put something on the shelf in front of it. Every time that thing mysteriously moves put something else back."
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