Hello bright side,
I work remotely. Last week, my boss asked to take my laptop to install a “productivity” tool that can track my hours. I refused. “I don’t need a digital babysitter.” I said. “Remote work depends on trust, not control!
The next day, HR insisted on installing it anyway. I smiled, thanked them, and complied. It turns out that this so-called “productivity” software is nothing more than spyware that monitors your every mouse movement and keystroke. If you stop moving the cursor for three minutes, your status turns red, and your boss receives a “low activity” alert.
But what they don’t know is that I now have my own workaround: I tether my mouse to my Roomba whenever I’m away from it, or I run a pen on my mouse pad when I’m at my desk but doing something else.
However, something inside me changed. I can’t do this job the same way I did before, now that I know that trust has been replaced by surveillance. Before, I felt like I was building something of my own; I worked from the heart and with pride.
But that’s gone. The moment they decided to monitor my every move, something vital broke between us, and I don’t think it can be fixed.
– My house
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