Here’s an interesting article from the New York Times on how many companies digitally monitor their employees’ time in some pretty invasive and distrustful ways.
This includes taking screenshots and photos randomly in 10-minute chunks and actually docking pay if you don’t appear productive. So every trip to the bathroom is possible lost pay. π€¦π»ββοΈ
And hospice workers being paid by productivity points. π³ “A visit to the dying: as little as one point.”
And social workers being penalized for not typing on their keyboard while actively counseling patients in drug treatment facilities. π€¨
But the brilliance of this article is how they present it.
To let you appreciate how annoying this kind of digital surveillance is, the article tells you as you read it if you’ve been “idle” for too long. It ends with a summary of your reading efficiency stats, which will inevitably make you feel weird. π
Also, I wonder how these companies would feel about the The Ship Repairman Story.
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