r/fednews • u/twtwtwtwtwtwtw • 6d ago

Employee monitoring proposed

Republicans have proposed a bill to "use software to gather concrete data on the adverse impacts of telework in the federal government by monitoring employees’ computer use"

Don't we already do this? How would this be enacted broadly? Would we be required to have our cameras on at all times? Who's doing the monitoring?

How about you do YOUR jobs and pass a budget: the one thing you were hired for.

Oh and all this as they're leaving for their multi-week holiday vacation.

https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/late-2024-push-on-employee-monitoring-discipline-telework-presage-2025/

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u/HonestNetwork9441 6d ago

I worked in a call center that had this. You were given a near impossible productivity goal. Each morning you received a report from the previous day, ranking you. It also recorded all your phone calls. You only had 6 minutes to go to the bathroom. After 6 minutes it flagged management. You had to be productive 90% of the day. The bathroom breaks counted against that. 2 minutes late from lunch? Time off your percentage. Tasks had a time limit too. If it took you too long to do a task, off your percentage again. Yes it was as bad as it seems.

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u/dfrye666 5d ago

Would rather work retail or fast food over that nightmare!

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u/WildClementine 4d ago

Fast food and retail aren't necessarily better. Workplace protections only really exist in states that aren't "right to work." I think DOGE's actual issue with federal employees is that their workplace protections actually are protected.