Personally I think employee surveillance was always present. I spent a year at Capital One - my first venture in working at a major company. They would track everything you did - from entering and leaving the building, to your online chat sessions, even all your emails and not just your corporate emails. I started to realize how insidious this is and pushed the envelop until I left. While C1 is a very good company to work for you better be ready to sell your soul to the Devil.