>Staff at one of Britain's oldest national newspapers got a shock on Monday morning when they found monitoring sensors installed under their desks.
>The boxes, sold by OccupEye as a way to monitor how long staff are at their desks without relying "on coffee cups and coats on chairs," were installed in the offices of The Daily Telegraph. Staff weren't told anything about the installation and soon kicked up a storm of protest.
>The devices were installed under the desks of journalism, advertising, and other commercial departments. There's no word if HR got them too.
>In response, some staff removed the batteries from the devices, while others called their colleagues in rival press organizations to leak the news. In the wave of this public backlash, management said the boxes were there to monitor building heating systems and agreed to remove them.
>buy $5 Chinese space heater >leave it plugged in near sensor and walk away
Ryder Hill
>The devices were installed under the desks of journalism, advertising, and other commercial departments. good
Noah Wilson
>management said the boxes were there to monitor building heating systems kek
Jordan Brooks
haha what if it was sensitive enough it could tell when you were aroused. that would be crazy
Caleb Johnson
>monitor building heating systems and agreed to remove them. Lol. They didn't even have a believable lie. >Yeah, we need to monitor temperature by putting a product under staff desks that's specifically designed & marketed by the company to track in real time each employee and says nothing about "temperature sensors".
Dylan Young
lol a hot load should be enough to keep it occupeyed
>piss myself >heat sensor picks up the change in temperature >AI algorithm puts 2 and 2 together >dismissed from job for pissing on company seats.
Liam Morris
Brexit
Parker Williams
We have this concept in my place of work but it's used to plan desk availability rather than keep tabs on people. In our place though it's client side software on thin terminals, records session time and keystrokes. I don't type very much and I also don't log in from any one desk all day. I do not mind though, it allows me to see whether or not I need more desks.
Luke Sanchez
Never say that again, redditfag
Luis Brown
I'd just remove it, and leave it in my supervisor's desk with a note saying it's unnecessary.
Bentley Moore
>Take, for example, Boston startup Sociometric Solutions, which builds personnel smartbadges that come equipped with sensors to track an employee's movements and location and a microphone for checking how long they talk to fellow workers. Why even hire anyone if you're this worried they're not working
Dominic Cook
And his books were meant to be a warning, not a guide.
Josiah Smith
is that thing a camera pointed strait at your cock? lol.
Gabriel Lewis
They weren't, Orwell worked closely with the British government and their intelligence departments
Sebastian Bennett
>There's no word if HR got them too HR pitched it to management in the first place.
Oliver Phillips
Hahah it's not just Britian, not by a long shot. You should really look into all the things employers can track through rfid badges.
Anthony Moore
this is small time compared to lowered social credit through automated public shaming
Evan Foster
Explain further
Elijah Ross
Some people simply slack off too much without supervision. Don't act like office workers are any better than industry peons. I work with construction, and the workers don't do shit when I'm not around. Since I cant be all day on site, i got two interns (one for morning, other for the afternoon) to stay there. I gave them some bullshit stuff to do about quality control and safety standards and that was enough for the workers to do their job when I'm not around. In my opinion, the mistake in OP's case was using a machine to do the job instead of an intern who answers directly to the managers.
Landon Morales
haven't touched reddit in about 11 months.
Michael Edwards
Lol. Fuck journos. Hope herschlag fucks their shit up
Brayden Jackson
seems like a decent place to hide a camera in. what could possibly go wrong?
Kevin Bennett
>it's OK when a private company does it
Shit like this happens and the boomers still bend over backwards to defend these frankly creepy practices (see ) under the guise of improving corporate efficiency. These are the same boomers that deny corporations using harassment tactics outside of work to silence journalists, critics, or even disgruntled employees.
Liam Nelson
Hey come on now, givc China some credit for one of their few innovative sectors.
Jonathan Williams
Of course a st*rtup is behind this. I don't understand why that cancerous "ecosystem" isn't regulated more. NONE of them have contributed anything worthwhile to society or the economy after and including fagbook.
Cooper Murphy
i am one if they want me to be at my desk they should stop putting so many fucking meetings in my diary. i was only at my desk for an hour today
Justin Sullivan
If anyone has this under their desk try masturbating discretely the desk. If you get fired we'll know those boxes had cameras.
