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I'm not entirely convinced that "people like this" are the sole reason employers want, like, and do track every breath of employees.
by klibertp 9y ago
I'm not entirely convinced that "people like this" are the sole reason employers want, like, and do track every breath of employees.
- JadeNB 9y ago> I'm not entirely convinced that "people like this" are the sole reason employers want, like, and do track every breath of employees. I would go further and assert that, in most cases, "people like this" probably aren't any, or are only a negligible part of the reason, only the excuse to allow them such tracking.
- cortesoft 9y agoWhat is their actual purpose in tracking?
- klibertp 9y agoHonestly, I think it's mostly to assert their power over workers. It's natural for people to do this if they can: it feels good and makes them feel in control, even if it's not very effective or is downright detrimental to the bottom line. It's also natural to search for plausible excuses for such behavior - nobody wants to admit that they just get a boner (metaphorically) from bossing others around. Just my general opinion, I have too little information to say if the tracking, in this case, is actually a rational and net-positive policy and not someone's power trip.
- pdimitar 9y agoThis is what I observed in all but 3 supervisors I've ever met (I had dozens), and that says a lot when coming from a guy with 17 years of career.
- cortesoft 9y agoIt is people like this and management's assumption that more people are like this than actually are. What reason do you think they have?
- redblacktree 9y agoPeople think others are like themselves. If managers would skip out given the opportunity, they believe their reports will as well.
- baddox 9y agoI’ve actually never heard of employers tracking employees with GPS, except for cases where there is a specific plausible justification, like truck drivers or Uber drivers.