Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers

Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by notJim on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:53PM (#22729686)

> University libraries are silent.

This is not universally true. I've done a lot of working in university libraries recently, and many of them have switched to allowing collaboration in the main spaces.

> A “library rules” open office would be just fine.

This still wouldn't work for me personally. I listen to music pretty much all the time while working, and get really sick of wearing headphones all the time. The only option is a private office. (I've gotten this by becoming a remote worker.)

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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by closeparen on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:58PM (#22729738)

Well that’s horrifying. I quite liked mine. Although only one two floors were officially collaboration, there was an informal agreement that higher floors were more strictly silent. And then there were single desks scattered throughout the stacks. You had a lot of control over the noise level based on where you choose to sit. Never needed headphones there.

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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by jagger27 on Monday March 30, 2020 @01:23PM (#22730017)

This is accurate. My university has silent floors, "quiet floors" (rarely enforced), and a few well used open collaboration areas with movable furniture.

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