▲ 337 ▼ If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off. (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacyguides@lemmy.one 110 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 66 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is why we need unions. Shit like this should be a non-starter. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) I work in a highly unionised sector, they still monitor our workload when we WFH and personally I welcome it. I know some people on my team took the piss at home and of it's a choice between them getting caught out or us all having to go back to the office full time, I choose the former. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) What kind of work do you do that you can't measure work done by the actual amount of work done? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) We do a lot of casework so we have things that can very between five minute jobs up to an arguably indefinite timeframe in complex cases, just basing it on cases looked at or closed a day can't account for that, so instead there's an algorithm on the system that notes if we go other twenty minutes without doing anything, if flagged the managers will look and see if the case justified it, if not you get pulled up to explain it. Never happened to me as yet, or anyone as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Presumably that averages out over time, and any given person's output over time can be compared with their peers. But that would mean management had to take an active hand rather than have some nanny-bot come tattling based on arbitrary metrics that may or may not have any bearing on the actual work being done. Much easier to treat their employees like children. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It should average out, but some people were taking the mick, hence the change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) I work in a highly unionised sector, they still monitor our workload when we WFH and personally I welcome it. I know some people on my team took the piss at home and of it's a choice between them getting caught out or us all having to go back to the office full time, I choose the former. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) What kind of work do you do that you can't measure work done by the actual amount of work done? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) We do a lot of casework so we have things that can very between five minute jobs up to an arguably indefinite timeframe in complex cases, just basing it on cases looked at or closed a day can't account for that, so instead there's an algorithm on the system that notes if we go other twenty minutes without doing anything, if flagged the managers will look and see if the case justified it, if not you get pulled up to explain it. Never happened to me as yet, or anyone as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Presumably that averages out over time, and any given person's output over time can be compared with their peers. But that would mean management had to take an active hand rather than have some nanny-bot come tattling based on arbitrary metrics that may or may not have any bearing on the actual work being done. Much easier to treat their employees like children. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It should average out, but some people were taking the mick, hence the change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) What kind of work do you do that you can't measure work done by the actual amount of work done? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) We do a lot of casework so we have things that can very between five minute jobs up to an arguably indefinite timeframe in complex cases, just basing it on cases looked at or closed a day can't account for that, so instead there's an algorithm on the system that notes if we go other twenty minutes without doing anything, if flagged the managers will look and see if the case justified it, if not you get pulled up to explain it. Never happened to me as yet, or anyone as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Presumably that averages out over time, and any given person's output over time can be compared with their peers. But that would mean management had to take an active hand rather than have some nanny-bot come tattling based on arbitrary metrics that may or may not have any bearing on the actual work being done. Much easier to treat their employees like children. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It should average out, but some people were taking the mick, hence the change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) We do a lot of casework so we have things that can very between five minute jobs up to an arguably indefinite timeframe in complex cases, just basing it on cases looked at or closed a day can't account for that, so instead there's an algorithm on the system that notes if we go other twenty minutes without doing anything, if flagged the managers will look and see if the case justified it, if not you get pulled up to explain it. Never happened to me as yet, or anyone as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Presumably that averages out over time, and any given person's output over time can be compared with their peers. But that would mean management had to take an active hand rather than have some nanny-bot come tattling based on arbitrary metrics that may or may not have any bearing on the actual work being done. Much easier to treat their employees like children. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It should average out, but some people were taking the mick, hence the change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Presumably that averages out over time, and any given person's output over time can be compared with their peers. But that would mean management had to take an active hand rather than have some nanny-bot come tattling based on arbitrary metrics that may or may not have any bearing on the actual work being done. Much easier to treat their employees like children. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It should average out, but some people were taking the mick, hence the change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It should average out, but some people were taking the mick, hence the change. permalink fedilink source parent