Surveillance | Snooping bosses told to 'watch their backs' in profane employee memo

Monitoring staff at work isn’t abnormal and employers can do this is several ways. From using CCTV to boost employee safety, to looking at their digital search history or listening into phone calls, employers are able to monitor staff while they work.

According to the Data Protection Act, employers are able to monitor their staff though it is important to remember that staff are entitled to some privacy at work, therefore surveillance shouldn’t be excessive and needs to be justified.

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Yet, an airport worker trying to deter snooping bosses left a threatening note on his computer telling his superiors to: “Go f*** yourself” and “Watch your back” – The Sun reported.

The data manager at London Heathrow saved down the profane message in a folder called ‘LOOK INTO MY FILES’ on his computer where the memo entitled ‘message for you’ was discovered by an IT contractor who was working remotely and using the computer at the time.