The topic of freedom in the workplace could be argued fairly easily when considering solely the United States.  The topic and discussion gets more heated when other countries are brought into the equation. As Gretchen mention in one of her blogs, some of the practices that we witnessed during the video in class are shocking.  Realistically, work in the United States is also monitored fairly closely by managers so that the output is what is expected and output meets the initial plan that is drawn out.  On the other hand, there isn’t much comparison to the level of monitoring between the United States workplace and the Jamaica workplace that was discussed in a video that was shown during class.  The work practices that were being exercised in Jamaica were much worse than anything I’ve ever experienced or witnessed here in the United States.  Not being able to take a break for a second after doing excessive repetitive work would almost be similar to torture.  You have a set of eyes on you at all times, and if you were to mess up, there are consequences.  This is extremely unfortunate that companies such as Tommy Hilfiger and Brooks Brothers have dropped to this level of inhumanity in order to produce cheap goods for the American consume and make as much profit off of the shirts as possible.