John Yuda: Yuuuuuup — Subium • Bluesky web client

Major employers are using surveillance tools to ensure that no matter where people work, they're at their computers — but polls suggest doing so is risky for morale. www.axios.com/2024/06/14/w...

Caught you faking: Wells Fargo firings expose workplace surveillance dilemmawww.axios.com Some workers aren't working, but snooping is bad for morale.

It’s not just risky for morale, it’s bad for productivity. Our brains need breaks in order to work properly, just like our bodies do.

Also a great way to start a brain drain at your company. Anybody who can will just go somewhere that treats them like an adult.

Same reason a friend of mine left their company after the company decided they wanted that person to come in two days/wk (only one in the department to do so) - knowing the story pretty well, it was obvious it was just an excuse to look over their shoulder. Hard nope.

Employee: do you trust me to do my job? Company: yes, but by yes we mean no. Employee: 🖕

Yuuuuuup

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