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I would rather go live in a hut in the mountains writing angry manifests for the rest of my life than work with an invasive nightmare like this. I have ADHD an
by Netcob 3y ago
I would rather go live in a hut in the mountains writing angry manifests for the rest of my life than work with an invasive nightmare like this.
I have ADHD and a few other issues. I still manage to do good work on average and keep a job. But if my boss was able to micro-manage my attention, my fatigue and my hour-by-hour productivity I would go insane within a week. I'm never going to fit whatever ideal model of attention and productivity you come up with. Taking a five minute break when the computer tells me to is an invasion of my autonomy, and passing any health data to a work web-service is an invasion of privacy.
I'm not a robot that needs to be optimized and maintained by my employer. I don't want to be watched constantly. I don't want to watch myself and report on myself either! Why do you think would I ever tell a service about my fatigue level, when that service is being paid by my company? That is nobody's business, and thinking that this will not be abused to put extra pressure on employees, no matter how good your intentions are, is delusional.
The one non-creepy feature is basically "video call with desktop sharing", which I believe has been done, and let's not kid ourselves about the invasive metrics not being the primary selling point.
On the plus side, the nose-picking-blur will create a lot of unintended hilarity, like those "unnecessary censorship" videos where you bleep people to make it look like they just said a swear word.
- ann_kasumova 3y agoThe decision to use this product is made by the business structure, which has a completely different vision than the employee. If, based on your personal characteristics, you agree not to work in the application and if you are a valuable employee, then perhaps you can reach an agreement with the employer. However, for many employers, such reluctance to use the application will also be a signal that something is wrong
- adapiz 3y ago[flagged]
- XAKEPEHOK 3y agoTo me, as a business owner, your statements contain no valid arguments. It's highly likely you just work two to three times less than what your employer expects of you. You're paid a salary for your time, not for the work done. If you're ready to work on a project basis, regardless of time, then go freelance without a stable income. If you want financial stability in employment, comply with your employer's demands. It's that simple.
- adapiz 3y agoYou claim you want to "weed out the lazy and deceitful, thereby forming a healthy and efficient team." So you use surveillance because you have no trust. Can you imagine how it feels to be under permanent surveillance and need of justification when you know the video's purpose is to catch you slacking off and fire you? There is a reason why there are strict laws, clubs and unions that protect people from being turned into mere wage slaves just because a business owner wants to squeeze the most out of them and throw them away once there are signs of a burnout. You can't force someone to smile forever.