Well nothing to worry about then.
> And employees are opted in without any notice from their employer
[edit] Obviously professional communication channels are monitored, but it would still be nice to be informed when policies change. (Anyhow, personal and professional communications should always be kept separate to avoid this issue)
And also be aware that the 'watercooler' conversation has been replaced with digital forms over the last 2 years, meaning a look over your shoulder to see who's within earshot is no longer sufficient. And it's not always obvious that someone (or something, in this case) may be watching.
In the last 2 years most of my comms with my colleagues went from 90% face to face to 80% digital. Big difference. And it's not healthy either to not talk about frustrations at work.
Now I'm in the position to make this call for my org and I wouldn't use it.
This is a tool for org admins, this isn't MS being evil. If your company uses it, be pissed at them if you so choose, not MS.
It’s like people who write spam software who say “it’s really up to spammers who choose to use this software, don’t blame us.”
There’s really not a positive reason to identify “leavers.” Their data exfoliation reason is bogus and should be prevented by other reasons anyway.
Take your tinfoil hat off and get outside.
This barrier exists for a reason. It will only make coworkers more fake because they will watch more what they say. A panopticon is never good.
PS: If my work starts using this I will start doing a "compliance bingo", to try and trigger as many detections as I can every day :) And I will say so publicly.
The false positive risk is more harmful than any benefit gained.
The odds of “I read your email and saw you’re thinking of leaving so here’s a raise” working are negligible.
This seems like a way for someone to waste time on thinking they know something useful.
I’d love to see how frequently people talk about this and leave. I expect there’s dozens or hundreds of instance of people who apply for a job or network looking for jobs vs people who leave. There’s no published data on identified leavers who leave so that’s where my assumption that this is garbage data.
That’s weasel talk. Opt in means you get to choose if you want it.
They’re turning it on by default and not telling people.
This is the most bullshit thing Microsoft has done in decades.