The fact that they have to resort to checking logs to determine who is coming into the office should be enough proof of how pointless working from the office is.
If you literally can’t tell without a literal in/out log, you can’t claim performance or communication as reasons for requiring it. You’re literally saying “we can only tell if we check the logs.”
It’s not about performance, it’s about control.
Depends who “they” are. Middle managers can tell who comes in and who is performing, but most of them don’t care or want to work remotely too. Executives who can approve a program like this are the ones pushing return to office.
sources of data such as IP address information transmitted via Wi-Fi, ceiling-mounted heat sensors and weight-triggered sensors attached to chairs that can track workplace occupancy levels, executives and technology providers say.
Sorry americans, but your executives are getting paranoid.
What a lovely place, I wonder if they’re hiring?
“VALMOND! Your butt to non-butt is only at 87%!! You’re also colder than your colleagues!”
Always have been.
Don’t resist. Leave. Tell employers that are hostile to remote workers that you can find work elsewhere.
Resist while you leave. Best of both worlds.
Resistance is futile. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist)
So show up once in a while and badge in 30 times or so. “I’ve been coming in all month, your badge reader must be broken if it’s saying it was all on the same day”. If they want to play games then let’s play some fucking games.
next up: office workers swipe in to the office for an hour a day
Or one person swipes for his buddies.
From the logs, these guys are really in sync.
Keyme kiosks will not only copy keys, but can copy rfid badges. Tap your badge, pay your $20, and they will give you a cloned badge that 100% works with badge scanners.
Just some interesting information for anyone reading.
You can clone badges with a flipper and store a whole rolodex of badges on said flipper as well
That has become the primary use for my flipper, lol.
Absolutely ridiculous and serves nothing but to make the CEOs feel better.
Hack the reader. Install a device that clocks you in and out automatically or remotely. There have been a few defcon talks on how insecure these systems are.
Every company I’ve ever worked for has had a clause in the Employee Handbook saying any attempt to circumvent a company system is a fire-able offense. Doesn’t matter if the company-wide firewall uses admin/admin as the user credentials. You get caught tinkering with it, you are out the door with cause.
Meanwhile in at-will states
Even in at will states (which, let’s be honest here, plenty of cities have more people than the population of the only non-at-will state - Montana, so it’s not really even worth the distinction) there is a pretty huge difference between being fired for having red shoelaces and being fired for physically adding a device to circumvent building security or removing a security implementation from your work PC.
True
Just plan on quitting. They don’t want you & other companies that aren’t tied to commercial real estate do. I’m so happy my employer is in the latter category.
Sounds like it’s time for some malicious compliance.
Let the paying for badge swipes begin. If I pay someone to swipe my badge in and out everyday the metrics will be skewed.
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