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FalconFiveZeroNine t1_j4c4bkk wrote

Reply to comment by Aleyla in A woman is ordered to repay her employer for time theft by fartingfreddy1

The problem is that companies want employees to be productive 100% of the time, which is simply not possible. They install software like that to ensure employees are on task as much as possible and oftentimes it's only used as a means to fire for cause when it's convenient for the company, or as a means to deny pay increases.

This management style is more prevalent in retail or food service ("if you got time to lean, you got time to clean"), but it's been creeping into other work sectors for a while now.

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Rosebunse t1_j4cspqv wrote

What's stupid to me is that my compy expects this and expects us to be friendly and polite and partake in social activities with our coworkers. And some workers are allowed to do this while I'm told to "get back to work" and watch people just talk to each other for a full half hour.

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