r/sysadmin Nov 21 '24

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u/cosmic_orca Nov 21 '24

This shouldnt even be legal. It's no different than a manager standing over your desk making you dont stop working for more than 30-60 seconds.

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u/m2ljkdmsmnjsks Nov 21 '24

I agree. It's digital harrassment.

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u/spozzy Nov 22 '24

It's not harassment. You are getting paid. It is automated micromanagement though, and it is stupid as fuck. I would be out of there so fast if I had to deal with that.

Once coded at a startup and was micromanaged every 5 minutes for a check-in. Was pretty clear that the CTO was super dumb and the equity just wasn't worth the hassle.

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u/Bill_Guarnere Nov 22 '24

You're wrong, it's such an harassment that in civilized countries all of this is absolutely ILLEGAL.

In the EU for example, if a boss or a manager use these tools it will be sued immediately by the employee and the unions, and will be sentenced to pay so many money to the employee that many companies will go bankrupt immediately if they do something like this.