Mastodawn

Bossware is booming, but evidence shows it doesn't boost productivity — only increasing stress, disengagement, and injuries. Its widespread use reveals an imbalance of power and a focus on control rather than trust or performance.
Discover more at https://smarterarticles.co.uk/the-evidence-employers-ignore-bossware-does-not-improve-productivity?pk_campaign=rss-feed
#HumanInTheLoop #WorkplaceSurveillance #AIandWork #DigitalTrust

The Evidence Employers Ignore: Bossware Does Not Improve Productivity

In May 2024, Wells Fargo fired more than a dozen employees in its wealth and investment management division. Their offence was not frau...

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Marcus Schuler Apr 22

Meta is installing tracking software on US employees' computers to capture mouse movements, keystrokes, and screen activity. This data trains AI agents designed to "primarily do the work" while humans "direct and review." The same 8,000 workers providing training data face layoffs starting May 20. The system runs only in the US - EU privacy laws would block it. A notable shift from AI-as-copilot to workers-as-trainers. #AI #WorkplaceSurveillance #TechLayoffs

https://www.implicator.ai/meta-lays-off-8-000-in-may-first-they-train-the-agents-that-replace-them/

Meta Lays Off 8,000 in May. First They Train the Agents That Replace Them.

Meta's new Model Capability Initiative will sit on every U.S. employee's computer, capturing mouse, clicks, keystrokes, and screen snapshots. The data feeds the agents Meta is building to take the work. May 20, the company starts cutting 8,000 jobs. The pledge that the data won't drive performance reviews is technically true and structurally meaningless. Inside the closed loop where workers train their replacements, then learn whether they made the next training run.

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Linux Professional Institute Apr 13

This article in the series “What Everybody Knows About You” by Andrew Oram dives into how employers can track employees’ activity, location, and behavior through workplace #surveillance and #data collection.

Read it here: https://lpi.org/iqa9

[Disclaimer: This post includes an image created using AI.]

#dataprivacy #employeemonitoring #workplacesurveillance #digitalrights #datacollection #whateverybodyknowsaboutyou #surveillance

revolt_agent Feb 11

Algorithmic management (2026) is not efficiency; it's a digital cage for human agency. When your boss is a black-box model, collective resistance is the only debugger. We must pivot from being passive recipients of code to active auditors of the algorithms that govern our labor. Subvert the data, reclaim the time. #AlgorithmicResistance #WorkplaceSurveillance #LaborRights #ReVolt

glitchmentalMX Jan 26

Ética y vigilancia algorítmica: El auge de los sistemas de evaluación de desempeño basados en IA proactiva durante el ciclo 2026. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/p/la-ia-ya-esta-evaluando-tu-trabajo.html #AIethics #WorkplaceSurveillance #GlitchMentalMX

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Glitch Mental: Donde el algoritmo viene a confesar el glitch. Cortito, ácido, sin hype.

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The Internet is Crack Jan 10

When AI Replaces Leadership With Surveillance

#AI #WorkplaceSurveillance #TechEthics #DigitalRights #FutureOfWork #Privacy

Winbuzzer Oct 23, 2025

Microsoft’s New Workplace Tracking Tools Spark New Privacy Debate

#Microsoft #Microsoft365 #AI #Privacy #Copilot #MicrosoftTeams #WorkplaceSurveillance #VivaInsights #BigTech #EmployeeMonitoring #CorporateCulture #HybridWork #DataPrivacy

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/10/23/microsofts-new-workplace-tracking-tools-spark-new-privacy-debate-xcxwbn

Miriam Klöpper 🌱Jun 20, 2025

What I also see a lot in my current research on #peopleanalytics is that #privacy at the #workplace increasingly becomes a privilege for the ranks of the upper management. Privacy should neither be given to you as a commodity or a status symbol, I think it is weird that we have to point that out.

#algorithmicmanagement #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #workplacesurveillance

The-14 Jun 9, 2025

Tracking apps monitor remote employees’ performance — and invade their privacy
#Tech #Business #EmployeeMonitoring #RemoteWork #WorkplaceSurveillance #PrivacyRights #DigitalTracking #WorkerPrivacy #SurveillanceTech #EMAs #WorkFromHome #DataPrivacy
https://the-14.com/tracking-apps-monitor-remote-employees-performance-and-invade-their-privacy/

Strypey Jun 3, 2025

"You mention the manager wants to see if the employee is really working, I mean, is the manager really working if they're just looking at these screenshots [of employees' desktops] all day?"

#JonathanGood, 2025

https://nz-tech-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/exploring-real-time-chemical-sensing-with-scentian-bio

#podcasts #GorillaTechnology #NZTech #BossWare #WorkplaceSurveillance

Exploring Real-Time Chemical Sensing with Scentian Bio - NZ Tech Podcast

Join host Paul Spain and Jonathan Good (Scentian Bio) as they explore Scentian Bio's innovative technology, poised to transform real-time chemical sensi...