Employees at home are being photographed every 5 minutes by video service(businessinsider.com) |
Employees at home are being photographed every 5 minutes by video service(businessinsider.com) |
"3 Availability Settings Available means you’re free to chat if someone needs you.
Busy mode means you’re pretending to be busy so other users have to hit you up to see if you’re free to chat.
And away, well that obviously means you’re in the toilet."
This kind of cutsie stuff doesn't make me think they take the convergence of my private space and work space seriously.
Honestly, one of the top reasons by far I've chosen remote work over the years is precisely to get away from this kind of nonsense. If I need to be in a meeting with somebody, I'll be in a meeting with somebody. Otherwise, for the love of god leave me the eff alone so I can concentrate on getting my work done!
IMO this should have been done a long time ago. The next step should be a physical switch for the microphone.
b) While I can see the connected culture aspect of this tool, it should be a surprise to no-one that this can totally be used to ensure that butts are indeed in seats. I can easily see something like this being used in a 100% remote call center or offshore dev sweatshop (which, to be clear, I do not support).