Employee: “Can I ask what this software does?”
IT: “It tracks activity on your computer.”
Me: “What kind of activity?”
IT: “Productivity metrics.”
Me: “Meaning?”
IT: “Keyboard activity, application usage, idle time, things like that.”
I looked at him.
Me: “Are you telling me the company is measuring how much I move my mouse?”
He laughed.
IT: “It’s more sophisticated than that.”
That didn’t make me feel better.
The software had been installed without anyone explaining it to us.
A few days later, HR held a meeting.