{"id":15583,"date":"2022-02-11T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/?p=15583"},"modified":"2022-02-09T22:55:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T04:55:16","slug":"remote-work-is-no-reason-to-spy-on-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/remote-work-is-no-reason-to-spy-on-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Using remote work as an excuse to spy on employees is pathetic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Think that remote work means you\u2019re off the hook when it comes to being monitored on your productivity? Unfortunately, the technology that makes working from home<\/a> possible also provides supervisors with the means to keep an eye on your efficiency.<\/p>\n

In other words, surveillance doesn\u2019t stop just because you aren\u2019t in office anymore.<\/p>\n

Take, for example, a software called Sneek<\/a>, which promises \u201chuman contact for remote teams.\u201d It\u2019s a group conference call that is always on by default and can take photographs of users upwards of once every minute. Yikes. Now, Sneek representatives insist<\/a> that the software wasn\u2019t intended for \u201cspying,\u201d but that\u2019s no guarantee for how some employers will utilize it.<\/p>\n

Even if Sneek isn\u2019t explicitly designed for monitoring employees, though, there are plenty of applications that have been created for that purpose. TeamViewer<\/a>, for example, gives employers a real-time glimpse into what\u2019s happening on employees\u2019 monitors, and it\u2019s just one of many applications designed to provide real-time updates on potential productivity \u2013 or lack thereof.<\/p>\n

Of course, this sort of questionable violation of privacy is insane by any standards, but the whole thing is made more ridiculous by this entirely unprecedented pandemic situation. Not only are we all dealing with the stress of an overarching pandemic, but there\u2019s been a lot of major adjustments to how life works now. With both schools and work pivoting to remote access, families are being cooped up together. On the flip side, others who relied on the office as a way to connect to the world are now completely isolated as quarantine continues for many parts of the United States.<\/p>\n

The point is, now, more than ever before, is a time to cut employees some slack. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I have plenty of complaints about the rise of coercive surveillance<\/a>, but the more pressing matter at hand is that things are not normal. Our routines have been upended, collective stresses have increased, and there\u2019s no definite end in sight. The last thing anyone needs is to worry about getting in trouble for something like not promptly replying to a random check-up email.<\/p>\n

Employees are humans, not machines, and we\u2019re all going through a hard time right now. A bit of kindness can go a long way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY) Remote work is bringing with it some surveillance. With the new blend of work and home, employees privacy is paramount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337722,"featured_media":15584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[1935,1234,299],"class_list":["post-15583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-tech","tag-monitoring","tag-real-estate-news","tag-real-estate-technology-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/photography-of-person-peeking-906018-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15583"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18382,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15583\/revisions\/18382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}