Microsoft normalising & promoting employee surveillance with Office365
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"Esoteric metrics based on analyzing extensive data about employee activities has been mostly the domain of fringe software vendors. Now it's built into MS 365.
A new feature to calculate 'productivity scores' turns Microsoft 365 into an full-fledged workplace surveillance tool
Employers/managers can analyze employee activities at the individual level (!), for example, the number of days an employee has been sending emails, using the chat, using 'mentions' in emails etc.
Showing data on individuals can be turned off, but it's activated by default. This normalizes extensive workplace surveillance in a way not seen before.
In addition, Microsoft lures companies into sharing employee data with Microsoft in order to show them how their numbers compare to the numbers of other organizations.
As a result, Microsoft gets access to a massive stack of employee data across many organizations."
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