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Topic: Carmike Managers beware!
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Greg Winn
Film Handler
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From: Dyersburg, TN, USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-13-2002 01:13 AM
Within the last 5 or 6 months you have been ask to give two copies of your theatre keys to your DM. These keys are to access any door from your front door to and including any doors that lead to "your" office (and I use that term loosely)
In case you are not aware, CC has employed a former manager, who has worked his ass of to gain a Private Investigators license, to come into "your theatre" and install hidden cameras and listening devices so that CC can decide if you are honest or not.
Their spy is the former City Manager of Nashvile Tn. who was the only person who had any in authority ramaining with the co., in his district; after the division mgr. and district mgr, were terminated. He was demoted to a single screen and left to find a way to work himself back into a position of power within the co.
He and CC have succeded in their mission. You, the mgr. have no privacy in what is called "your office" even if you work the long hours that CC requires in the summer and on holidays. BEWARE: DON'T SCRATCH WHERE YOU DON'T SOMEONE ELSE TO SEE, EVEN IN "YOUR OFFICE". ------------------
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Leo Enticknap
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Posts: 7474
From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 03-13-2002 09:50 AM
'Phones are a public network operated under regulation, hence the need for a court order, but I guess that, just as long as you're not breaking any other law, what you do within your own building is your business, and that includes putting up concealed CCTV cameras.I wouldn't like to be working for a company which feels the need to do that, but AFAIK it isn't illegal over here. BTW, does the law on erasing videotapes every 24 hours just refer to CCTV, or all forms of video recording? If it's everything, then presumably everyone in Kentucky who has a small collection of off-air VHS recordings on their bookshelf is a criminal!
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-13-2002 01:07 PM
I have no problem with "camera coverage", as it is done in many places. Banks have them. Convenience stores have them. Freeways have them, too. So do the high crime areas in Tacoma and other cities. They are mounted on light poles. Prostitute strips have them, also. They are everywhere.As a matter of fact, in your workplace, they could save your butt in event of an actual armed robbery or worse. Get used to them....they are not going to go away.
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Scott Norwood
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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 03-13-2002 05:05 PM
I don't doubt that it is within the rights of an employer to monitor his employees by means of security cameras, telephone monitoring, etc. In some environments, cameras can be a good thing and will help to protect honest people.Having said that, it seems a bit underhanded to go about this without first notifying the employees of the monitoring. For me, there is a big difference between a hidden camera installed without the manager's knowledge and a large camera mounted in plain view (or a hidden camera installed with the employees' knowledge). In cases of suspected theft, I'm not opposed to secret monitoring, but I would not particularly want to work for a company that made a regular practice of monitoring all employees without notifying them. From a management point of view, I would think that it would be more effective to tell employees that they will be monitored _before_ something bad happens than to simply use the evidence collected to fire people who screw up.
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Greg Winn
Film Handler
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From: Dyersburg, TN, USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-14-2002 12:02 AM
Carmike has only 3 or 4 theatres in my district that have security cameras in the lobby out of 15 or 16 theatres. We are told to record on a 24 hr. basis and have enough tapes to last for 31 days. You use 1 tape per day and you reuse that tape in the next month according to the days date, i.e. 01/01/02 will be used on 02/01/02. These tapes can be requested at any time by the home office so these tapes are kept for a month's time without being erased.
I agree that the use of cameras are beneficial to the business. But I think they should only be allowed in areas that the public has access to. Each manager has employees that are asked by CC to be "secret informers". They have a web site where anyone can voice their opinion, customer, employee, vendor, technician, repair workers, ANYONE! So in my opinion if you are violating co. policy, it will not be long until your wrong doings will be uncovered.
I just disagree with the cameras in the office that is designated for the manager.
Company's are so concerned with thieft and protecting their interest and keeping the customer happy, that everyone is forgetting the theatre manager, and their employees, who have willingly given up holidays and weekends, ball games with his or her children, family functions, or anything else that most other people get to enjoy, because that manager or employee, likes the theatre business. Then to be always watched makes me feel like there is no faith in me from my superiors.
Where is their respect in people? I have faith in every employee that I hire. Sometimes I am disappointed, but very rarely. The majority of the time I am pleased.
I guess that I would like to get back to good old American values. Respect your fellow man, trust in your neighbor, look at the glass as half full, treat everyone else the way you want to be treated. And also,it is my right, to expect privacy in a place that is specified as my office.
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Brent Mahaney
Film Handler
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From: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 03-14-2002 02:32 AM
I can certainly understand the need for video cameras with respect to deterring vandalism. I can even comprehend pointing them at your box and concession drawers. But when you put them in your manager's office with absolutely no probable cause, you are telling that manager, "We don't trust you." That's always good for morale. Certainly, a company can use whatever standard it deems necessary to protect it's monetary interests, but it seems counterproductive in a sense. Granted, if a manager is doing his job, he has nothing to fear. On the other hand, do you really want to work for a company who has such little respect for you that they rummage through your office and install cameras that study your every move? On a personal level, I think it stinks. There must be a better, less obtrusive way to monitor managerial progress (or lack thereof).Maybe this is far-fetched, but I tend to think that if certain theatre chains would spend a little more time in the hiring and training process, and if they offered a higher salary for these managerial positions, they would get more quality managers. Yes, there would still be some bad apples, but they would be fewer and further between. But what do I know? (That's rhetorical, by the way). 
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