My company started implementing cameras for people working from home

[eKongDiddy]

So one of the contracts at my job has implemented cameras for the people working from home. They have to have the camera on while they work and the supervisor/manager is monitoring them the entire time.

With this contract, apparently productivity was down and their were concerns about what they were doing while working. It's been a month of them having cameras on, and now there are talks of bringing this to another WFH contract my company runs.

It seems like this is a test run that is slowly spreading to different contracts here. I can understand why they would bring it to these contracts, but I hope it doesn't move to mine. I feel like this would be gross to be monitored while at home. I'd rather go back to the office or quit if this became mandatory.

 

[NinjaScooter]

This is a sign of poor/terrible management.

 

[Ada]

Time to find another job. That is unacceptable.

 

[Dest]

Fuck that, I'd quit. Shit management.

 

[Dodongo]

Time to leave

 

[Wamapoke]

Get that CV ready.

 

[Mona]

hope they enjoy nudity

 

[Fuzzy]

Time to work while nude.

 

[Poppy]

yeah if this was implemented in my job i would probably just quit, but i have the luxury to do so

even if i'm at the office i'm not going to be watched at all times, not a chance in hell

 

[Mendrox]

TL;DR Company has found a way to kill itself quickly

 

[Friskykillface]

Show them you in a zoom interview for a new job because lol I'd leave if I were you

 

[TaySan]

Quit like right now that's terrible.

 

[Zojirushi]

This sounds so illegal lol but I assume it's the US so it's probably fine and nobody will care

 

[bombermouse]

I'd quit, hopefully you can do the same.

 

[fracas]

Yeah that'd be a dealbreaker for me tbh

If you need me to work faster tell me, don't try and babysit me

 

[Woffls]

Any alternative to managers actually understanding the work people do 👌

 

[The Albatross]

I'd quit.

imagine a manager being paid to monitor people sitting at their desks.

 

[Youngfossil]

I'd just put it on loop like in Speed

 

[FinalRPG]

No way I'd be okay with this. Even in an office you have more privacy than that

 

[Bigg]

If I had enough savings to do so I'd probably quit immediately. If I didn't I'd be furiously updating my resume/cv and sending out dozens of applications.

That shit is disgusting, honestly.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

fuck that noise




i don't want people to see this (or be forced to stop this)

 

[wenis]

managers getting to sit around looking at monitors blankly while cashing bigger checks than the people doing the work?

sounds damn right american to me.

 

[Sectorseven]

Tell them you're going to work naked.

 

[UltimateHigh]

I'd be moving on.

 

[HeySeuss]

WFH is here to stay and there are going to be new ways to ensure people are doing their jobs instead of fucking off. It's the reality of having coworkers that ruin it for everyone. If it's a camera or specific software to track productivity, places are going to start implementing some sort of measures to effectively supervise people.

 

[Lidl]

GTFO.

 

[Akira86]

subvert that in any and all possible creative ways

 

[Tuck]

I'd quit. Fuck that.

 

[AuthenticM]

should be illegal.

 

[Beren]

Looks like their strategy is to have poor management and then not know how to fix it.

 

[Volimar]

This is a sign of poor/terrible management.

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It's a justification for unnecessary management.

 

[Weiss]

This feels morally abhorrent, probably illegal, and something that's happened because old men with too much money need to squeeze more dollars out of you.

 

[eKongDiddy]

This is a sign of poor/terrible management.

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Oh yeah, I left one of these contracts earlier this year and moved to my current one. Way better management, team cohesion, and less stressful. My current team is super productive, and I don't see a need why they would want to bring this to us.

hope they enjoy nudity

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I was just joking about this to a coworker, haha. Like I've gotten way to comfortable working from home. Managers don't need to see that 😂

 

[orochi91]

I mean, has productivity increased with this camera policy in place?

 

[N64Controller]

Massive, massive red flag.

managers getting to sit around looking at monitors blankly while cashing bigger checks than the people doing the work?

sounds damn right american to me.

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"Yeah we have lazy people working for us they're so lazy oh my god I can't believe how lazy they are so we're gonna install a camera to watch them work and you're gonna watch them work all day, this is really hard work"

 

[Cipherr]

Wooow hahahha I cannot imagine that. Unreal to demand to have video inside someones home, working or not.

 

[Stabi]

I'd love to see the reviews that will get them on Glassdoor

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

Remember that most jobs are begging for people to apply. You can probably find another job.

 

[Temascos]

I wonder how they "measured productivity" in the first place, I bet it's some ridiculous metric that ultimately doesn't matter compared to the work they are actually trying to do without middle-managers breathing down people's necks.

 

[Alpheus]

That's really gross. Funny how all that "healthy work-life balance" talk gets thrown out the window in cases like these.

 

[lunarworks]

I don't see how that is legal.

 

[FliX]

This would be the last straw. Bye bye...

 

[BFIB]

Another reason 4.3 million Americans just quit their company.

 

[Golding]

What in the world? Why

 

[construct]

can you imagine?

you're some higher-up looking at all these companies losing employees because they're finally fed up and putting their foot down.

you see that and then you decide "hey, lets put cameras on our employees"

 

[Apath]

.

 

[TheGoshDarnBatman]

Make a 5 minute loop of you sitting around typing and play it into the camera all day. Also find a new job

 

[HeySeuss]

I mean, has productivity increased with this camera policy in place?

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If they're talking about expanding it then I would say it would have to have made an impact on productivity, but that's just me making assumptions based on the op.

 

[famicorpse]

Time to move on OP. This is gross and a massive invasion of policy.

 

[Sain]

I'd quit in an instant if my company tried to implement this.