[nonbirithm]

> Seriously, in this day and age, how on earth did this get enough support at the management level to pilot it?

They valued maximizing the amount of profit one worker produces over privacy.

[GordonS]

I rather doubt that miserable, downtrodden employees are more productive than happy, motivated ones are.

[banannaise]

They don't teach that in MBA classes. They just teach that employees who aren't at their desks aren't being productive right now.