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Some companies that offer remote work already have more advanced solution: take screenshot every 10 minutes, then feed it to AI to check whether the user is wor
by mamon 7y ago
Some companies that offer remote work already have more advanced solution: take screenshot every 10 minutes, then feed it to AI to check whether the user is working or slacking :)
- stevewodil 7y agoSeriously? Is that the solution being used? I was thinking about how more and more people will be working remotely and what services would be beneficial to offer (such as ensuring productivity of employees) but this seems almost dystopian to me
- fimdomeio 7y agoYes that's what I heard. Also heard people just keep to computers side by side, one screen recording the other for... commenting on hacker news
- eeZah7Ux 7y ago"almost"??
- hkon 7y agoyes I hired some guys from india off of an outsourcing site. There was a checkbox there if I required screen shot software installed on the devs machines. I did not require it, but when I got to talking with the guys, they said, "yeah we just use virtual desktops for that app so it looks like we are always working :P"
- bitwize 7y agoIt's been SOP in the penny contractor trade for years. oDesk pioneered it back in the mid-2000s or so.
- clemf 7y agoReally not the smartest idea when you look at tools like Gryzzly that are doing the time tracking from Slack ! People are better when self accountable, like Maesure makes you feel. Interesting experiment !