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Re:Employers are monitoring computers, toilet breaks, even e... by sedachv on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @03:00AM (#17072160)
> I cant understand why anyone would put up with a lot of this, but I can guess its probably some smug "white collar" manager who thinks production or revenue are down because people who didnt go to $college are inherently lazier than he is.

That is literally exactly what happens, and how too many people in management think. David Noble's Forces of Production is about machine tool shops in the 1960s and 1970s, and is full of accounts just like yours (with details right down to management accusing workers of sabotage), with sources from both the worker and management sides.

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Re:Employers are monitoring computers, toilet breaks, even e... by dx034 on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @05:08AM (#17072645)
To me it more sounds like a manager who can't reach the goals. He was probably hired to improve profitability or at least keep it stable. If revenues fall he'll try to get them back up and this appears to be a quick fix. I don't think there's a management technique behind it, just cluelessness as to what would actually help.
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