As the title states, my company recently put a camera that also records audio on top of the cubicles that my department works in. There is no doubt that they are recording our movements and audio as we work. It is literally about three feet from my face as I type this. They put this camera up over the weekend with no explanation, and still have not addressed it. We already know that they monitor whether or not our computers are online, but now also this.
My department recently moved upstairs to a new part of our building. We needed more space to do our required work. We had to build our cubicles ourselves. The move went smoothly and everything has been great for the last month and a half or so our productivity even skyroicketed , but now we are being watched. No other workspace is fitted with cameras, so we know that it is directed at us.
Many in my department are afraid to go downstairs to the bathroom or to take a break as we know we are being monitored. We are afraid to have meetings as they might take it as us not working.