China bosses use smart seats, Wi-fi to track staff activities, leads to anti-monitoring gadgets
Efficiency-driven bosses record everything from length of toilet breaks to sitting posture and browsing activity, ‘alarm’ employees
In some Chinese workplaces, employers use office Wi-fi, surveillance cameras and even smart seats to monitor what staff do, say and search online.
Workers’ Daily reported that a woman working at a technology company in Guangzhou, southern China, discovered that a camera had been installed above her desk after she declined to go on a business trip because she was ill.
In January, she said a manager warned her not to use private group chats during office hours.
After checking the camera’s storage card, she was alarmed to find it had recorded everything from text to images on her phone and computer.
Another case reported by Southern Metropolis Daily involved an employee at a technology company in Hangzhou, eastern China.