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by klkvsk 479 days ago
Software can not abuse workers. Managers can, with our without software.

We've had automated KPI measuring tools since punch clocks. Nowadays it's OK in some companies to install remote access software to monitor employees' screens. It's nothing new. It's just collecting data. Question is, what will bosses do with this data, will they abuse or develop.

I have no hate towards those guys. No love also. It's just business.

2 comments

The famous it's ok if it's done with algorithm.
> Software can not abuse workers. Managers can, with our without software.

And guns cannot kill people. Other people can, with or without guns. It shouldn’t be hard to understand tools facilitate the task you’re using them for.

> Nowadays it's OK in some companies to install remote access software to monitor employees' screens.

No, it is not OK. It is done, but that doesn’t mean it is right or ethical.

> It's nothing new.

That’s not an excuse to not do better and revise practices.

> It's just business.

See the Nuremberg defence.