… Workers' phones would not be included in the tracking. Business Insider reported that Meta employees were "up in arms" about the plan to use tracking software. On an internal communications website seen by the news outlet, one employee wrote, "This makes me super uncomfortable. …
… Opting out is not possible, according to three employees. “Nobody is happy about it,” says a current employee. “And we have no choice.” Some employees claim they have found work-arounds to dodge tracking or have managed to delay installation. …
… When employees who did not like having tracking software on their laptops aired their concerns, Meta's CTO, Andrew Bosworth, shut down the complaints by telling staff members that there is "no option to opt out on your corporate laptop." Meta is betting hard on Generative AI, so much so that the co… …
… Employees immediately condemned the initiative, calling it a privacy violation, and asked whether they could turn off the tracking, to which the company's CTO, Andrew Bosworth, responded, saying, "There is no option to opt out on your corporate laptop." Meta spokesperson told the NYT that safeguard… …
… Employees also have been frustrated by being “drafted” onto a new AI team without any choice and the rollout of surveillance software that tracks US workers’ laptop use to train AI models. …
Hundreds of thousands of workplaces use software to monitor employees. …
… Apparently, it will run on all work-related apps and websites, and will even take screenshots of employees' displays. …
Another tech giant has brought the axe down on its workforce, and this time it’s particularly ugly. In a message to all Meta employees on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company had laid off 11,000 staff members, including some in its VR Reality Labs division. …
… An employee had assigned the agent to analyze a technical question posted to an internal forum by another staffer. …
… The NYT adds that office walls still featured flyers petitioning against the “employee device tracking.” And worst of all, it’s all for folly. …