About a month or so ago, the owner of the company I work for made the decision to install an electronic card reader on our front door.
Before that was done, there was no sort of security at the front door.
Employees were allowed to come and go as they pleased. Since no one was monitoring who was going in or out of the front door, there were some less than ethical employees who took advantage of the system. Some of them would go out for their hour lunch and not come back for three hours. The company’s owner hardly ever visited the building, so it was easy to bend the rules as much as desired. When the electronic card reason was installed, everything changed in the building. Now each employee has been distributed their own employee access card. The card has our name and employee ID on it. Every time we go in or out the front door, we are required to swipe our card. The card’s swipe records the date and time that we enter or exit the door. If one employee were to use another’s card, that would be considered a friable offense. If we lose our card, we are charged fifty dollars to replace it. I was never one of those employees who took long lunches, so I am not worried about not being able to cut corners. I am, however, worried that I will lose my card. I have been known to lose things, especially important things. The last thing I need is a fifty dollar fee whenever I lose my card. Hopefully I don’t, or I may wind up owing whole paycheck to my boss!