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Stephen Downes

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"Bosses can use a "dashboard" that shows data about individual workers, including their screen time, the activity of their computer mouse, shots of what's on an employee's screen at any given time, and in some cases, even their physical location via GPS." I'll say it now and bluntly: if you're an employer, this is the stupidest thing you could be doing. Instead of spying on employees, you should be defining what it means to be productive in terms of output, and to evaluate them based on that. Moreoever, if you want any trace of loyalty from your work force, you will treat them like adults, not children. Actually - correction - even children should be treated like this.

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