Some staff at Bridgewater Associates took personal calls in the woods so their employer couldn't listen in, a new book says. This stopped when a rumor claimed the firm might install devices in the trees, per "The Fund." AdvertisementAdvertisementSome employees at Ray Dalio's investment-management firm Bridgewater Associates took non-work calls in the woods near their offices because they were worried about their employer listening in, according to a new book. This practice stopped, though, when a rumor claimed that the firm was looking into installing devices in the trees that could intercept calls, per the book. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt added that the company "did not investigate installing 'devices in the trees.'"

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