This data is not typically provided to line managers, and is usually only used in extreme cases by HR. The news is your boss is now basic time clocking salaried

This data is not typically provided to line managers, and is usually only used in extreme cases by HR. The news is your boss is now basic time clocking salaried employees. That’s not new either, but it is pretty new for professionals in software. It’s also historically not how salaried employment worked. Salaried employment meant you’re paid a salary and you get your job done or lose your job. No one is tracking your time in any way, and you are afforded a certain amount of trust. Your performance is based on your output as judged by your managers. Paid time off accounting scuttled this for salaried people, but this is a next level of bean counting for salaried professionals.