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So, how’s it going?
My work placed infrared occupancy sensors under each desk yesterday without telling anyone. They point straight at the crotch.
Have a call with HR this afternoon about it, having raised concerns via email. This could prove to be a very interesting day.
Can I presume that the intent is to check maximum occupancy to see if they can move to hot desking with less desks than people?
But yes, infrared sensors pointing at the crotch seem like a bad way of doing it. The only method I’ve seen is having people walk around every 30 mins recording which desks have someone at them.
We’re already hot-desking. This seems to be much more about surveillance unfortunately.
But people have meetings and work from home. How could that information be useful?
They might be testing if they can cut down even more on desks. I guess you will hear more when you meet with HR.
That seems pretty dodgy even though I have no idea how. Are they offering complimentary doctors visits if you register as being too warm?
I’d be keen on trying out a diy standing rig just to avoid the sensors, bugger 'em.
Nah, the other kind of infrared sensor (i.e. just using movement to detect if you’re there).
They could be part of a totally innocent turn-the-lights-off-when-nobody-is-working system that doesn’t track individual users or log data. They could also be part of a log-how-much-time-you-spend-on-the-toilet system.
Either way, it falls under the category of Seriously Skeevy. It’ll be interesting to see what HR comes back with.
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