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Bossware rises as employers keep closer tabs on remote staff (www.theregister.com)
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The COVID-19 lockdown meant a surge in remote work, and the trend toward remote and hybrid workplaces has persisted long after the pandemic receded. That has changed the nature of workplace management as well. Bosses can't check for butts in seats or look over their employees' shoulders in the office to make sure they're working instead of having a LAN party. So they've turned to software tools to fill the gap.

So-called “bossware” lets managers keep a close eye on employees' activity, tracking everything from knowledge workers’ website visits to the gait and facial expressions of those involved in more physical activities.

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 27 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

daily status of an hour is fucked

we have a weekly for our ten person team, and that is long if it goes 15 minutes

tbf, that's the team meeting, not project — project meetings are longer

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 11 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, what you described is how it should be.

Each person:

  1. What I did yesterday.
  2. What I'm working on today.
  3. Briefly describe obstacles or assistance I need.

That could be as little as 45 seconds per person if done properly.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

We stick to that format with minor variations:

  1. Recap of the morning's school run and dog walks
  2. Update on everyone's pets' health
  3. Update on peoples' kids' behaviour
  4. Update on team members' health and their families
  5. Miscellaneous gripes
  6. All the sports: what happened, what people think will happen, and details of particular players
  7. Sports statistics in depth
  8. Mutual accusations of breaking things
  9. Defence against said accusations
  10. Gripes about boss's emails
  11. Long, in-depth accounts from two team members of their last day's work, minute by minute, with digressions into big-picture frustrations and grumbles about management, customers, etc.
  12. Recounting of the history of these issues over the last 15 years or so.
  13. Each person tells us that they're working on the thing the kanban board says they're working on, and that it will take them as long as it says on the board.
  14. Holiday plans or accounts of past holidays
  15. Goodbye
  16. One guy jumps in with a 15-minute anecdote about taking his dog to the vet
  17. Goodbye
  18. Any further anecdotes about things people's dogs ate, etc.
  19. Goodbye.

Its supposed to take 10-15 minutes but it takes up to an hour, sometimes more. I usually tune in late and sometimes pretend I lost my internet connection halfway through.

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I used to get mad at these but it unironically sounds like a nice open culture

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It pays badly and it can be disorganized, but no one I work with is that bad of a person, what we do is more useful to real people than a lot of tech companies and there's no nasty politics to speak of. So yes, it has its upsides.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That's crazy. I'd actually rather work. Or take a shit. Or do literally anything else.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

I've become quite good at paying just enough attention that I can jump in if anything important comes up, and meanwhile continuing to work. I don't turn my camera on.

[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Honestly even that is for beginner teams, frankly. If there's good shared understanding, clear work, and good interaction regularly within the team (ie you're actually working together towards a goal), just hurry up and tell everyone what you need, and get out. Fight the sludge.