Look Before You ‘Like’ – Your Employer May Start to Monitor You
A few days ago, Gartner released a report that finds that monitoring employee behavior in digital environments is on the rise: Sixty percent of corporations are expected to implement formal programs...
View ArticleReal-life masked crusaders fight crime their own way
By his own admission, Dave Montgomery was a functioning drunk who hated himself. Not that many years ago he might guzzle 30 Rolling Rocks to mask the memory of a … Continue reading →
View ArticleBYOD Privacy: Are You Being Watched?
Is your employer (a.k.a. Big Brother) tracking your every move through your “Bring Your Own Device” smartphone? Mobile technology makes it possible, and four out of five people believe this … Continue...
View ArticleWhen did being lowly paid become a criminal offence?
Of all the details revealed by the Financial Times, the one that sank my spirits was the electronic tagging – workers have a handheld device directing them to goods. But these … Continue reading →
View ArticleHarvard Search of E-Mail Stuns Its Faculty Members
Bewildered, and at times angry, faculty members at Harvard criticized the university on Sunday after revelations that administrators secretly searched the e-mail accounts of 16 resident deans in an...
View ArticleRetailers Track Employee Thefts in Vast Databases
The repositories of information, like First Advantage Corporation’s Esteem database, often contain scant details about suspected thefts and routinely do not involve criminal charges. Still, the...
View ArticleWhat if Your Boss Tracked Your Sleep, Diet, and Exercise?
But at Citizen — a Portland, Oregon company that designs mobile technology — things are a little different. Employees at the company are now uploading data on how much they exercise, what … Continue...
View ArticleReddit Thinks It Can Solve the Boston Bombings
In some ways, Reddit is well-suited to the search for the Boston bomber. The site has a proven ability to crowdsource digital clues, and its built-in voting system allows users … Continue reading →
View ArticleWall Street vs. Its Employees’ Privacy
An unlikely alliance of regulators and industry groups is seeking to carve out exemptions in state laws that would allow certain financial firms to sidestep bans on looking at the … Continue reading →
View ArticleIndia Inc tightens screws on quitters venting online
Given how easy it is today for disgruntled or ex-employees to vent in cyberspace, a number of Indian companies are introducing social media policies and non-disparagement clauses… Most likely to...
View ArticleWisconsin workers embedded with microchips
Sporting “I Got Chipped” T-shirts, some 40 workers at Three Square Market, a firm that makes cafeteria kiosks aimed at replacing vending machines, got tiny rice-sized microchips embedded in their...
View ArticleWhat Amazon Does to Poor Cities
San Bernardino is just one of the many communities across the country grappling with the same question: Is any new job a good job? These places, often located in the outskirts of major cities, have...
View ArticleHow to Disconnect From ‘Always On’ Work Culture
Today always-on is the default work setting for most of us. Ubiquitous smartphones, slim computers and innovative apps make every response a snap—quicker, easier, seemingly less painful. It just takes...
View Article‘MissionRacer’: How Amazon turned the tedium of warehouse work into a game
Inside several of Amazon’s cavernous warehouses, hundreds of employees spend hours a day playing video games. Some compete by racing virtual dragons or sports cars around a track, while others...
View ArticleAgainst Productivity in a Pandemic
So life mostly sucks right now, plain and simple. And if you find yourself considering that fact, it’s just as likely that you’ll bump up against some unwelcome reminder that—in the face of historic...
View ArticleInside Nextdoor’s “Karen Problem”
Last week, Nextdoor put out its first company statement in response to the death of George Floyd and the resulting protests. “Black lives matter,” the statement said. “You are not alone. Everyone...
View ArticleFired, interrogated, disciplined: Amazon warehouse organizers allege year of...
As worker activism gains momentum, so, too, has Amazon’s effort to counter it with anti-union propaganda, firing key organizers, surveilling employees and hiring Pinkertons to gather intelligence on...
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