Employers Deploy Spy Software to Monitor At-Home Workers

By and | March 27, 2020

  • March 27, 2020 at 1:25 pm
    Edon says:
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    The best line in the entire article ““It’s not about spying on the user,” Sutton said. “If you hired them, you should trust them. If you don’t, they have no reason to be part of the organization.”

    • March 27, 2020 at 2:39 pm
      Common Sense says:
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      They will see Jon playing on IJ all day and cut him loose.

      • March 27, 2020 at 3:50 pm
        Jon says:
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        Your opinion on my job is somehow on topic? Okay.. As mentioned, I can multi-task. I can actually comment on here AND still get my job done. I’m guessing you’re one of those guys who worked hard in his 20s and has just been coasting by hoarding his renewals, huh Agent?

  • March 30, 2020 at 5:50 am
    knowall says:
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    It used to be “Big Brother’ is watching you; now it’s “Big Boss.”

    I get paid by the hour; the owner told us to just charge us for the time we work; if we take off several hours to watch cartoons or go outside and watch the birds just don’t put it on your timesheet.

  • April 3, 2020 at 2:41 am
    Cathy says:
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    If I am working at home and using the company-offered computers, I may accept the use of employee monitoring software installed on the computer. Otherwise, it’s weird. Employers can only install employee monitoring software such as Easemon on company-offered computers rather than employees’ personal computers.

  • April 19, 2020 at 1:34 pm
    kmonster says:
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    If you are a professional and salaried then you are capable of managing your own time. As long as you are getting your work done. One problem with monitoring is there is no way to uniformly gauge work behavior. I may be doing research outside the work system or do paperwork and that may be flagged as “NOT WORKING”

    If you don’t trust your staff, fine otherwise let us do our jobs.



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