#productivitymonitoring

New software has been uploaded to all Molina Hourly employees computers that monitors everything you do and sends reports to upper management. Stay productive don't let your idle time add up. This is definitely going to be used to reduce the workforce.

RTO is absolute insanity. I have 10 people on my team. None of us are in the same state outside of two people in Texas who aren't in the same city. We have to go back to the office, surrounded by employees we dont work with or collaborate with in any way, so we can join the same remote teams meetings we would while home. Now I find out from someone in cyber security that they are monitoring our key strokes, web searches and Microsoft apps.

RTO was about the executives leveraging their control over one of the few bright spots we had working here, flexibility.

What a world. The president started a war at his home resort club, meanwhile the bank is going to fire anyone not working 8 hours in office and now they are tracking in office time.

Meanwhile, Mortgage people were given their notice.

What a cold place

What happened to this once great bank

Does anyone know if managers can see times we come in and how many hours we are in each day?

Be warned they are firing people like crazy for not wrapping on orders. AI is reporting this daily to management.

Is anyone else being asked to track all of their hours in Clarity, not just projects?

From we've been told, you need 6.5 hours of activity a day. For an 8 hour day, that works out to 1 hour for lunch, and two 15 minute breaks. But the conflict between in-office and mandatory digital activity is really striking. How can you collaborate and work with colleagues if your screen time is measured and reported on.

Want to visit a colleagues desk or have a chat in a meeting room? Better bring your laptop and move your mouse around or it comes out of your lunch/break time.

Is Wells hosting an employee event? A town hall perhaps? If you go, your digital activity average will suffer. You will need to trade your lunch for it, and hope it doesn't run long - or just stay late to compensate.

Its fun that they have a gym at my office, but if I want to use it, I need to either skip lunch or stay late that day.

So many people leave their workstations unlocked now when they step away to the bathroom or to get coffee, so it doesn't count against them.

Meanwhile, years long colleagues randomly disappear, one after another, never to be seen again.

Living the Wells Life.

Dan said he won't use Slack. If my little green light isn't on I get an inquiry as to why not. Now I will just tell the bosses to go Slack themselves.

Forget the LAN/VPN tracking, forget the Presence Report, forget the badge swipes...we are now being tracked on how many Teams meetings we have and are also attending.

Have a Teams meeting with a large group and you and your boss/team all go into a teleconference room? Guess what...make sure to log in to the meeting so you don't get dinged for not participating. L3 and up will begin adding a lot more Teams meetings for things they used to just walk over and ask someone or ping them. This is a new metric for productivity.

What a hellscape being managed by HR re--rds and Re--rd-in-Chief Stankey

here is as i preserved it:

Original post: Layoffs started today, targeting work from home employees.
Posted 25 days ago.

Replies:

• Someone with a manager friend said no employees were cut in India and the India office is actually expanding.
  (16 days ago)

A user noted that something mentioned earlier has been in place since September.
(20 days ago)

Several people expressed sympathy for those laid off and asked about severance amounts.
(20 days ago)

A worker warned that company laptops have tracking software logging keystrokes, emails, and online time, and that data is sent to HR.
(20 days ago)

Another person shared a link to a post on X.
(20 days ago)

Layoffs reportedly began in Dublin as well.
(21 days ago)

Someone questioned why another user thought Canada would be next.
(21 days ago)

A commenter said that unless you worked more than 5 years, you did not receive 60 days of severance.
(22 days ago)

One employee from Delivery said they were let go a week after starting maternity leave.
(22 days ago)

A commenter suggested people start job searching or take early retirement. They said no WARN notices were issued to avoid media coverage.
(23 days ago)

Another said that everyone’s computer now has Sapience monitoring software and that you should always appear productive to avoid being cut.
(23 days ago)

One aggressive user responded rudely to others, which was downvoted heavily.
(23 days ago)

A user called the CEO a puppet controlled by Clearlake Capital and compared him to Elon Musk.
(23 days ago)

Another user angrily rejected mandatory cameras and status reports.
(23 days ago)

Someone reported that Product and Sales teams took a big hit.
(23 days ago)

Another person confirmed that a specific employee referenced earlier is also gone.
(23 days ago)

A detailed personal story
One employee wrote they were laid off and said morale is at an all time low. They described mandatory camera usage and weekly work justification summaries as toxic micromanagement. They said the CEO’s leadership style feels insecure and that this is a good time to leave a sinking ship.
(23 days ago)

Another user said Clearlake took a terrible bridge loan and that D and B is now trying to slap AI features on products to impress investors.
(23 days ago)

Someone noted that with over 3 billion dollars in debt, layoffs barely matter and that business units may be sold next.
(23 days ago)

Someone believed Canada might be next for cuts.
(23 days ago)

A commenter said the President of North America was gone.
(23 days ago)

Someone claimed more cuts are coming in the new year.
(24 days ago)

Another confirmed about 150 layoffs in total.
(24 days ago)

One user said the place has become terrible and advised everyone remaining to update their resumes because more cuts are coming.
(24 days ago)

Someone criticized the CEO for being in Europe while layoffs happened in the US.
(24 days ago)

A user asked which departments in Canada were affected.
(24 days ago)

Someone said approximately 200 people were laid off in North America and that this will impact Operations.
(24 days ago)

Another asked what “bc” meant.
(24 days ago)

A person responded with “80”, possibly referencing headcount.
(24 days ago)

Someone said they were let go while physically in the office.
(24 days ago)

Another asked whether severance was given.
(24 days ago)

A commenter said they personally knew of three layoffs: a project manager, a DevOps employee, and an ITSM developer. Two were in the US, one in India.
(24 days ago)

Another said valuable employees were let go and incompetent ones kept.
(24 days ago)

Someone explained that failing to issue a WARN notice usually costs a penalty equal to 60 days pay, but if the company gives two months of severance, that effectively neutralizes the penalty.
(25 days ago)

Public sector teams also experienced cuts.
(25 days ago)

A remote project manager in Texas was let go.
(25 days ago)

Someone encouraged laid-off employees to update LinkedIn, reach out to their networks, and asked how the layoffs were conducted (meetings or phone calls).
(25 days ago)

Another detailed scenario:
Client Success employees in Center Valley were affected. Even though they were hired from that office, their cost center was moved to Harrisburg after an acquisition in late August. They believe this shift was used strategically to avoid triggering WARN notice requirements tied to single-site layoffs.
(25 days ago)

A user asked which positions at which locations were laid off.
(25 days ago)

Another said the fine for not doing WARN notices is small enough that the company can easily pay it.
(25 days ago)

Additional replies toward the bottom

Someone asked everyone who posts to include their department and position.
(25 days ago)

A commenter said they too were laid off while working from home in the US.
(25 days ago)

Another person said they were let go from CyberSecurity.
(25 days ago)

Someone believed that WARN notice applies when 60 or more employees are affected.
(25 days ago)

A user asked others what roles they were in.
(25 days ago)

One person said they were let go but saw no WARN notice for PA, FL, or NJ and asked how the company is avoiding it.
(25 days ago)

Someone wrote that their position was eliminated that day.
(25 days ago)

Another person said they were in the office when let go.
(25 days ago)

Another confirmed they had just been let go.
(25 days ago)

Coming in 2026 ....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/11/30/this-is-when-microsoft-starts-telling-your-boss-if-youre-not-at-work/

It is a complete joke that a company that forces exempt, salaried employees to work 20+ hours of overtime each week. These executives then have the stones to question if we worked 8 hrs???.
Our laptops take an additional 5 minutes to boot up with all the "productivity monitoring crzxp on them. Yet these clueless manager still don't know what we do.
Then to add insult to injury we have to waste at least 30 minutes everyday explaining to clueless "managers" what we did.
Wells fargo has lost class action lawsuits for not paying over time.
I cannot wait until this organization gets fined for violating labor laws.

So many people have been discussing activity tracking (not badge in and out) but what exactly does it entail? Surely it can't just be how many emails you send or read or the time spent on apps?
If I run a script or load a page and it takes, say, a minute, and I don't do anything else in that minute, is that a minute if inactivity?

The work laptops have tracking software running on them.

It logs things like:

• keystrokes
• emails sent
• time online

This information is being sent to HR for productivity reporting.

Got an email about this being installed on computers. We are WFH. Any idea what it actually does? The email was obviously low key but reading between lines seems like it will make sure you're actually doing stuff on your PC? I have no idea really. Sometimes we have downtime at my role, does this mean if I'm not doing something productive like idk reading notes or work files, I'll get in trouble if I step away from PC for a bit?

Your position is checked for potential removal based on your usage of internal AI tools.
Use wisely.

In case you weren't aware, they're also looking at activity levels-- So now they're expecting you to click and email and teams and what the f**k else they're looking at to complain about you. And naturally nothing has been communicated, you know know how they measure or what they measure.

F this company.

Someone posted the other day that this site doesn’t have useful information anymore. Well I’m offering up some right here.

I’ve posted before with insights on RTO being delayed, what the original RTO mandate would look like, how time in office is being tracked, and most recently the stricter 8 hour requirement. All before any of it happened. I’m nobody, but I’m uniquely connected to several people in key roles.

If you’re chuffed at the 8 hour mandate, then you’ll really be up in arms when productivity monitoring metrics start being rolled out. And they will be soon. This is already being tested and will be applied to every LOB. Those who say otherwise are either willfully ignorant or deliberate attempting to hide the truth.

Okay, most are not happy about the 8 hours. I have a serious question-- are people really busy 8 hours a day every day? Honestly? My work has highs and lows, sometimes I'm working 10-12+ hours/day, but in the low times I'm working less, and not always 8 to be honest. But I make up for it during the busy times. I don't dont know how I will stay busy for 8 hours a day in the office. Do people just fake it? I'm serious. In my low times, such as now, I reach out to my manager for more work, but she's never really given anything additional. I've been here for 5 years, I do my work well always a meets or exceeds, but I just dont know what to do for 8 straight hours in the office if I'm not busy. Anyone else have the same concerns?

If they are going to treat exempt staff like hourly employees, threatening to hurt our review and bonus, i want my overpay time pay, i work weekends and sometimes 10 hr days. If they in anyway try and threaten us i would demand to see the data, for us compared to others. I don't know what WF Legal is thinking following directions from Bridget Engle, she doesn't even have a college degree. Their legal team better be ready because there's some hungry down and dirty lawyers who would LOVE to sue the living day lights out of this place and i will be calling them up if i'm in anyway shape or form impacted by some stupid 8 hr rule.

Ok, what is the deal with the in office hours tracking? I’m hearing it’s based on badge swipes, connecting to the network.

Can anyone in management enlighten me what they’re looking at? Is it 4 hours, 5 hours?

Apparently there is some reporting but no one has seen it so we don’t even think it exists. I need someone who really knows what’s going on to shed some light on this please!

Just got back from Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Some of our technology execs were there. New tracking software and authentication software will be rolling out soon. In a nutshell, every device we use for work will have tracking and timestamping abilities.
Don’t get me started with how they’ll be using AI in the company.

I am new to this organization. Is mouse or activity tracking usual in a senior claims role?

'How You Spend Your Working Hours' in CBS News Memo https://share.google/kGj4hIPCQcv13AWAs

many companies do this but ADP has always been built on trust and results in the years i’ve been there
However they are now testing pc activity tracking tools to measure how active you are and to determine if you’re active enough.
such a shame that they don’t want trust their employees based on deliverables and are now exploring pc activity to measure your value.

How tomes have changed!

For in-office tracking, does it make a difference if a person uses Cloud PC vs primary laptop?

I’ve noticed some people seem to have a lot of flexibility like taking walks, longer lunch breaks to go to the gym, playing pool, or spending time on their phones. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, it’s great they have that balance but I’m just curious how that works here. Does our company track productivity in any specific way?

What tools is Truist using to keep an eye on what employees are doing on Truist laptops? Some departments have Sapience, but I've heard there are other tools being utilized. Anyone know what else is being used and which departments are using them?

Get reports that are business critical? I mean there are so many things that are backwards but we’re focusing on keystrokes and badge swipes? Priorities seem a little backwards. If employees can’t deliver get rid of them for cause. If employees deliver and they aren’t in the office a certain number of hours what’s the difference?

Is Gong.ai used by ELT for layoffs?

what about our private phones that have the Meraki stack installed?

always on surveillance?

Verint is the vendor, they track activity while logged into the network. Not all departments have this, most do not. That probably will change at some point.

Essentially it measures activity, idle and inactive time as well as time in applications. Some activities can be flagged, like people that write a book in MS Word by putting a coffee cup on their keyboard, mouse jigglers, etc. Uncertain about putting yourself in a Teams call meeting or other ways to trick the system.

Check your entitlements for Verint and if you have it, assume your clicks are being tracked in addition to network login and out activity. Again, I assume everyone will have it at some point, but you probably don’t as of now.

Who is looking forward to our every word being monitored?!

If professional employees are going to be treated like children and have every second with fingers on keyboard and/or within the walls of the designated workplace tracked and reported, and those things will be used against them (and they will, even beyond the day/hour requirements, don't think they won't), they should at least be able to see their own swipe in/out and network on/off time (both in the office and remotely). "We know something you don't know" is a terrible practice.

Does FIS use user tracking software to monitor our activity. I’ve noticed recently that my manager has been messaging me more frequently when it is a slow day. Really makes it hard to enjoy working here.

Effective immediately? What a sh-t show.
Tracking our mouse movements or clicks.
I assume Q1 is the announcement of 4 days a week or back to 5.

I guess this is one way of saying, I’m only doing my 8 hours and shutting down.. see ya again at 7am.

My boss says they are tracking our activity daily and sending reports to leadership. Can someone explain what exactly they are tracking? Has anyone seen these reports?

I know that badge swipes are being tracked, but is time on site being tracked via the LAN line connection? I was thinking of coming in on site working for a couple of hours then leaving back home to finish the day. Technically the badge swipe counts as on site, but not necessarily total TIME on site. I'm hybrid with a 2 day a week in office requirement and wondering how this, if at all, will impact reporting.

Rumor has it that the firm is introing Sapience to track employee productivity. Good luck everyone! Time to do even more work for even less pay!