I know for a fact that my computer keystrokes are being monitored, that my activity on my machine is compared to others in my group to help my manager know if I am faster/slower than others. I know for a fact that I get credit for writing emails but lose points for reading them (because I am not typing). I know my Teams activity is being metered and monitored. I know this because my manager has not only told me it's happening, they've shown me the reports on their screen. Does anyone know if they're going to use AI to do qualitative assessments of what we're typing and saying rather than simple count the keystrokes quantitative metrics which tells you very little?
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They are definitely tracking days and hours. Not sure about the rest of these paranoid delusions.
Really su-ks to hear all this sh-t. Glad I retired and got out. God Bless
@dm Skan was installed on my laptop Monday.
Any time you see that 'bullseye'on the icon tray it's collecting information then it will go away for a time in intervals.
A manager told me this awhile back. Specifically tracks where your location is. It's checking the IP and compares to where you're supposed to be that day office or wfh.
I had a full time wfh HR approved accommodation and right sm--k in the middle of it out of the blue got an email asking where do I normally sit?
Got my golden parachute at 64 years old. 14 months pay with my bonus in February. No more waking up to 100 emails. Some other poor soul making way less than I was after 38 years tenure is getting those emails. At the tequila bar as we speak😁😁😁
The Skan AI monitoring tool is being deployed firmwide as we speak.
Who really cares...... these are the same id--ts in Technology that spend millions on software solutions including this tracking software and then use Excel spreadsheets for teams to enter their weekly work. This is True leadership in Technology
I can assure you half your team spends their day in the toilet or playing pocket pool so if you're making any effort at all to do your job you'll be fine.
Yup, you can look at your task manager and you can see apps like watchdog running. The app files points to some Gartner monitoring suite.
Old salt here with a word of advice: the computers are smarter than the people. Whatever you can imagine them doing, they’re doing that and more. Agree with a prior post: just do your job. They’ve been tracking activities and behaviors long before now, we just didn’t think about it.
There is something, but I don't think anyone here really has a clue what it does. I've been doing almost nothing for god knows how long and it hasn't been mentioned once to me. I'm either smarter than their tracking (seriously, who the f just sets a coffee cup on the keyboard?), or it's overblown.
Who even cares anymore. HY is good at collecting data, and d-mb as a box of rocks at actually doing anything useful with it. Employee spying won't be an exception.
Certain departments keep track of the key strokes/ mouse clicks per 1 minute and 5 minutes durations. Too little activity shows potential for lack of work which could lead to a coaching. What’s worse is Too much activity in an excessive amount often referred to as “coffee cupping” (laying something heavy on your keyboard while on a word doc) would be an indication of manipulation of the system and tools which leads to immediate termination by an investigative team. Management has no control to save you even if they like you.
Note the Mouse movements alone are not tracked and only keep the computer from falling asleep. Bottom line just do your work as you normally would and nothing bad will happen. Also keep in mind this level of tracking is mostly only done and actively monitored mostly in non-client facing or limited client interaction departments keep track.
I knew someone who thought they were tracking her using a chip her doctor inserted. I used to think she was crazy. The way Wells is I’m not so sure anymore.
@a3 I'm not so sure about that. However, it would be very interesting how they would use the data. They could probably use it for egregious situations like a mouse jiggler. I bet AI can determine the substance and importance of emails and activity just risky to use for employment status.
Impossible to do qualitative assessments of what you are writing.
Just quantitative metrics. Also there are 10 or more metrics for copilot that are being tracked.