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From the beginning of time, nations have been spying on other nations. Spies have been stealing secrets from other countries and monitoring the whereabouts and operations of these countries. We all love reading a great spy thriller and watching a great spy movie yet we seem so shocked to see that its actually happening in real life. We know it's happening yet it catches us by surprise. Do we really have any privacy anymore? If we know this is the case, then why is GPS Fleet Tracking still taboo to employees?

Crow Tracker is a GPS fleet tracking solution for small businesses looking for employee location tracking during their working hours. As we speak with more and more small businesses across the country it's clear that they respect their employees but want to add an additional layer of checks and balances to ensure they are getting the most of each and every employee. It's not their intention to offend or scare employees yet the majority of employers understand it's a sensitive subject. Our question is: What's to hide and why are employees so concerned about GPS fleet tracking in general?

This GPS fleet tracking technology works across various industries and has varying benefits for each specific industry. Here is an article about how we decided to build our GPS tracking app based on all the feedback we were receiving. The simplest example of an industry using our software is a delivery company looking to see where each delivery is at any time. Rather than providing large useless windows of availability to clients, the office is able to see where a driver is at any time. With this information they are able to relay it to a client or notify the driver of an unforeseen accident or traffic backup. Outside of delivery, the GPS fleet tracking is great for small plumbing companies, HVAC repairs and other service type industries.

When we speak with employees, they feel it's an invasion of their privacy. While they may not have been accountable for their exact location in the past, there really isn't anything to hide. Office workers are essentially transmitting their location throughout the day as they sit in the company office. Bringing this transparency to the field with GPS fleet tracking is an additional level of transparency for people that work outside of the office. Tracking during work hours is not an unfair request as long as it's not encroaching on your personal time. We always recommend tracking be used solely during working hours so as to not invade employees privacy.

While it's understandable that you employees are threatened by GPS tracking it's really an overreaction. Employees are entrusted to do their job but, GPS fleet tracking allows the office to easily route away from traffic to the next job as quickly as possible. It provides another level of transparency to the boss and potentially clients or customers looking for estimated arrival times of their delivery or service team. It adds an additional level of security for the crews themselves as the office knows their exact whereabouts at any time. If employees are doing their job and staying on track there is nothing really to hide. So when you hear your boss is rolling out GPS fleet tracking, don't overreact. Sometimes there really is nothing to hide.