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Sympthsical

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7. Asking the real question

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 09:13 AM

Aug 2023

Did they notice she was a problem because things weren't getting done, or were they just tracking employees?

I admit, as a WFH type, I just blatantly run errands sometimes. My partner's even worse. He runs meetings while doing just about anything else.

All the work gets done, so no one cares. However, if anyone actually watched either of us all day, they'd probably have questions.

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Woman fired after keystroke technology revealed how much she actually worked. [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 OP

I had a co-worker who kept an extra coat and purse hidden in her cubicle Siwsan Aug 2023 #1

There are people like that. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #4

When the HR director asked me what they could do to make me stay, I said they'd have to fire her. Siwsan Aug 2023 #6

I retired years before I was planning to. At 52. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #8

My command had an employee kind of like that Deminpenn Aug 2023 #18

Well, that isn't quite as bad Snooper9 Aug 2023 #20

Damn. I know of something along that same line that happened at a Navy "A" school Siwsan Aug 2023 #23

And this is why unions get such a bad rap sometimes. Arthur_Frain Aug 2023 #25

I believe it was the department director who screwed up - badly. Siwsan Aug 2023 #26

I'm not broadbrushing all unions. Arthur_Frain Aug 2023 #28

Performance improvement plan Dulcinea Aug 2023 #2

It can also be a hint to wake up and fly right. marble falls Aug 2023 #3

Not always. paleotn Aug 2023 #9

If you can't tell someone isn't working by the amount/quality of their work, does that position fill WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2023 #5

Asking the real question Sympthsical Aug 2023 #7

From the article: muriel_volestrangler Aug 2023 #22

Gotcha Sympthsical Aug 2023 #27

That's a good question. paleotn Aug 2023 #10

Not always clear cut.... Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #13

When I worked for BofA Tickle Aug 2023 #11

Yup, for transactional based jobs there is no hiding. Amishman Aug 2023 #12

I get that Tickle Aug 2023 #14

For me it's 2am on a Saturday half drunk Amishman Aug 2023 #17

😂 love it! Peace to you my friend NT Tickle Aug 2023 #19

Same... Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #16

Jeebus... I could not work under those conditions... Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #15

the future is grim--they can keep track of keystrokes now? Seems unnecessary and inhumane. librechik Aug 2023 #21

I can understand the companies position, but we really have given up a shiton of rights maxrandb Aug 2023 #24