I mean… you should be working right? That is what you are getting paid by the company to do. If you are able to get your job done in less than the time/activity needed by the software that’s another issue.
If you are working from home you are still supposed to be working that is your agreement with your employer. Sure do the bare minimum if you want, but you still need to get your job done.
It’s the people that are taking advantage of the work from home that risk it for the rest of us actually working from home.
The company should be able to determine that your productivity isn’t good enough by the work you produce. Not micromanaging the keystrokes per minute.
If your work is really so unimportant that slacking off for 4+ hours a day isn’t noticed, they should be making you redundant. Not forcing spyware on every innocent employee
Yeah I don’t get why people are acting like your output can’t be tracked without spying on you. I logged exactly 8h to my company’s time tracking platform last month (cause I keep forgetting we have a new platform for that) and I got no shit for it. Because my output is clearly visible in terms of all the PRs merged.
Or moving to a four day week. I feel most jobs could be condensed into a 4 day work week with no loss of productivity. But no they want you in 5 days “because that’s how it’s always been done” so then you end up having to kill time.
I mean, that’s possible. Really the HR team needs to have a process and stick to that process for everyone.
I had a client that installed cameras in their assembly general work floor for insurance reasons. The workers got all up in arms about privacy and micro managing. After the first week the only person that logged into it was me for quarterly updates. Until a year and change later when they had a $50k inventory discrepancy. The workers were happy we could point to the external cleaning company with video proof.
If you have a boss that is micro managing you, with keystroke kpi’s, or mouse movement, it isn’t a technology issue. It’s a shit manager. IT can see a lot, but to be honest we don’t care or have time to go snooping. Same with God managers/work places.
But I’ve seen small companies ran into the ground because of one or two bad actors.
Don’t be the reason your company looks to implement software like this. And if they do anyway find a better company to work for if you don’t trust they are acting in good faith.
I mean… you should be working right? That is what you are getting paid by the company to do. If you are able to get your job done in less than the time/activity needed by the software that’s another issue.
If you are working from home you are still supposed to be working that is your agreement with your employer. Sure do the bare minimum if you want, but you still need to get your job done.
It’s the people that are taking advantage of the work from home that risk it for the rest of us actually working from home.
The company should be able to determine that your productivity isn’t good enough by the work you produce. Not micromanaging the keystrokes per minute.
If your work is really so unimportant that slacking off for 4+ hours a day isn’t noticed, they should be making you redundant. Not forcing spyware on every innocent employee
Yeah I don’t get why people are acting like your output can’t be tracked without spying on you. I logged exactly 8h to my company’s time tracking platform last month (cause I keep forgetting we have a new platform for that) and I got no shit for it. Because my output is clearly visible in terms of all the PRs merged.
Or moving to a four day week. I feel most jobs could be condensed into a 4 day work week with no loss of productivity. But no they want you in 5 days “because that’s how it’s always been done” so then you end up having to kill time.
If my employer is happy with my work output then who cares? This should be a last resort for folks underperforming.
Agreed. If your employer is happy with your work they probably wouldn’t be using this software.
The problem is you can’t/shouldn’t install the software on a single person’s computer as that is targeting them and against several labor laws.
Moral of my story, don’t be the reason someone needs to install this type of monitoring/software.
Maybe install on everyone’s computer but only activate it once they’re on the chopping block?
Or install it on everyone’s computer and then don’t be overly pedantic about the occasional slacking off.
I mean, that’s possible. Really the HR team needs to have a process and stick to that process for everyone.
I had a client that installed cameras in their assembly general work floor for insurance reasons. The workers got all up in arms about privacy and micro managing. After the first week the only person that logged into it was me for quarterly updates. Until a year and change later when they had a $50k inventory discrepancy. The workers were happy we could point to the external cleaning company with video proof.
If you have a boss that is micro managing you, with keystroke kpi’s, or mouse movement, it isn’t a technology issue. It’s a shit manager. IT can see a lot, but to be honest we don’t care or have time to go snooping. Same with God managers/work places.
But I’ve seen small companies ran into the ground because of one or two bad actors.
Don’t be the reason your company looks to implement software like this. And if they do anyway find a better company to work for if you don’t trust they are acting in good faith.