Originally posted by radish2008
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BigBrother! Monitoring software.....
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostFrankly I'd tell them to fook right off. What on earth are you doing?Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostRight! The only real question is whether you should laugh hysterically at the idea before or after telling them where to go.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostBut we don't know that the client has gone to far - the OP just googled the software capabilities, then heard rumours from staff (who had probably just done the same thing). There is no evidence as to what level he software has been implemented.Comment
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The sad thing is almost every piece of in-house software I've written has some sort of KPI reporting functionality that managers use to assess their staff with.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostBut we don't know that the client has gone to far - the OP just googled the software capabilities, then heard rumours from staff (who had probably just done the same thing). There is no evidence as to what level he software has been implemented.Comment
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Originally posted by woodyuk View PostI did not want to go into details - 100% it was running for everyone that worked there. I even got an email report the next morning telling me how hard i worked the previous day, including words typed and mouse movement times LOL . Apparently the first day of 8 hours I worked 63% - I admit I was in a lot of meetings.Comment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostNope, but I can guarantee it would be a very short experience.
Life's too short for this sort of management bulltulip. In fact I wish I had some twat try to implement this in a contract just so I could show how little of a tulip I gave about it, and see what inventive workarounds I could find to keep it entertaining while it lasted.
That keyboard weeble is a good one. Saw it in an episode of The Simpsons where Homer set one up at his work to always press 'Yes' when the system kept asking him questions. Predictably, it ended up with him blowing up the nuclear reactor.
Personally I'd look around for another contract and in the meantime laugh out loud whenever you hear anyone mentioning the tracking and how fearful they are. I'd be winding the permies up, particularly any management supporting this practice, it's what they deserve for putting up with this tulip.
I did have a client where they had some very bad management practices, for the permies, I used my contractor 'not interested in it, I'm just here to finish this project' get out of permie bollocks card and ignored all their 'must do this or must not say that' happy clappy bulltulip. Unfortunately I wasn't in the office on the day a fellow contractor stood up and exclaimed it was all a load of bollocks and the management were dickheads and walked out. I would have given him as standing ovation. That wasn't as bad as this tracking stuff though.Comment
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