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I'm sorry, but I find tools like this so questionable. The idea the boss should know when his or her employees are planning to leave without even asking seems like a Orwellian nightmare waiting to happen.

Reminds me of those apps people install to track friends and relatives.

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Why is it wrong for a manager to understand the needs and motivations of their employees? Sometimes you don't have to ask directly - there are other signals.

Rands covers a good portion of it here: http://randsinrepose.com/archives/bored-people-quit/

While it's not wrong for a manager to try to make his/her employees happy, I think the parent covered it when he/she mentioned the Orwellian aspect of it. My other fear would be my employer deciding to see me out the door much more quickly if they found out that I was looking for another job.

In a way it's better. If they see you might be looking they might give you a raise whereas if you said to him. "hey, I'm looking" it might just get his back up and he might start looking for a replacement

Or he might yank some bogus reason out of his ass to fire you.

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