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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in a business that is sort of at the nexus of HR, IT, and consulting. A huge shock is coming in the next few years to people who waste hours and hours online. As things continue to be automated, and when we hit the next downturn, those names will be first on the chopping block with no unemployment or severence because they wI'll be let go with cause.

Companies are collecting this info now as a hedge for the future. If you are wasting a lot of time make sure you are doing it on your phone, on your cellular network, and make sure you are still using work applications (like Outlook, word, proprietary programs, etc) at regular intervals. Don't let 15-20 mins of each hour show your computer idle.[/quote]

Nah, the ability to track this info has been around for years and few companies truly want or need to take advantage of it for the purposes of firing an employee.  There are just too many other factors that go into whether an employee is worth keeping around or not that their web surfing habits alone aren't going to be the end all be all.

Also, some employers may very well be tracking the information and then selling it.  They really aren't using it track employees to find out how much they are working but rather they are using it to track habits of certain demographics and sell it to other companies.[/quote]

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