[askafriend]

I would quit the moment I found out something like this was being instituted.

I think most companies that need to hire top talent know that these kinds of things drive away talent. So these practices tend to be relegated to a lower tier of companies/employers.

[whitehouse3]

Conversely, those employers can’t hire top-tier people. The ones they do hire probably don’t have the FU money to walk away from spyware like this. So they live with it instead.

This is truer in a recession. And the effect can justify calls to unionize.

[bdavis__]

if only i could be top tier talent, and my employer would let me do only the work i am explicitly given.

when an individual task is complete, there is always someone that could use help, or an idea to document, or one of a million things you want the 'top tier' to be involved in.

there is an infinite amount of work to be done. seriously. 40 hours a week is a way to meter it.

monitoring it, not very effective or valuable. weigh the contribution people make, not the hours they put in. but 40 hours a week is the expected amount of work focus today.

[adultSwim]

Most people don't have this luxury