I know someone who opened a notepad and places a small solid object on space bar.... It will just create spaces like forever which doesn't make your laptop locked and teams, slack will show online.... does something like this work for you?

It seems it ignores repeated patterns entered over time. So this is not working. It has to be random data. Trackers have become intelligent :(

Software Test - QA

Product Manager

All windows laptops have move mouse app in microsoft store and on web - no installation exe file.   
 Download and enjoy life

Technical Lead

Try a mouse mover. Search for mouse mover or juggler on Amazon.

Software Lead

This is a new software implemented in HL to track employee’s actual worked hours on laptop and uses the mouse pointer tracker to log any activity. Is there anyway to bypass it?

This is a new software implemented in H*L to track employee’s actual worked hours on laptop and uses the mouse pointer tracker to log any activity. Is there anyway to bypass it?

Anyway to bypass Nippon sapience time tracker

Anyway to bypass Nippon sapience time tracker- Grapevine

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

My current company used HubStaff for time tracking. I don't know what is the norm in other service based companies so wanted to know the same.

Is time tracking done at your place?

Frontend Engineer

I heard many of the Companies offering WFH/Remote/Hybrid have been using time and employee activity tracking software since Covid.

A few of them take screenshots on a periodic basis, monitor clicks per hour, option to view any employee's screen on live basis , tracking and reporting time spent on non-work websites.

Please do name the Company for awareness.

Does your office have any employee monitoring trackers ?

Chartered Accountant

So I was working wfh since past year and recently shifted to a project after a promotion, it’s a nice project and something I was looking forward to work with, but now my reporting manager says that you have to clock atleast 8 hours daily at this tracking software ( Nippon Buddy ). 
And I’ve to report to office 12 days a month, that’s okay but this 8 hours capture time is kinda nuts. 
Do you guys have these kinda policy as well or is it just at service based companies ?

The 9 Hrs mandatory login period rant.

System Administrator

Why can't we trust people to do their thing without turning the workplace into big boss. I signed up for a job, not a 24/7 surveillane

I get it, productivity matters, but so does sanity. I'd rather have the freedom to get my work done without feeling like I'm being spied on. As long as I get work done on time. Does it matter how much hours I put in?

Everytime I login I feel like I am being watched. 
This is making me go insane.

Seriously, Can we get rid of the Employee Tracking Nonsense?

If all they want is to measure number of hours peole are online and key strokes.  People who are online entire day doing nothing will get incentivised.

Software Developer

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

So, I joined this company located in Delhi last year from Bangalore as a permanent WFH employee. Initial 6 months were fine, even though I was aware they had pre-installed tracking software called "Teramind" while sending  the laptop! But in the last 3 months the work culture or environment has completely flipped and turned into Toxic.

First they made us install a remote tracking software called "Hubstaff"  which tracks keyboard and mouse activity and time, and takes 4 screenshots every 10 minutes.

Then they made it compulsory 8 hours a day excluding any break like lunch or tea.

This month they tied work hours with Salary and started deducting the entire day's pay even if you are short by like half an hour!  

Almost all employees know they need to leave but are kinda stuck due to the current job market situation.

I'M thinking of quitting without finding another job now, I'm just mentally tired and frustrated with the situation I find myself in. All my emotional energy is spent, I just don't know what to do😞

Toxic Remote Policy

Software Engineer

Salesforce Developer

Hello Software genuises of Grapevine, do any one of you has a piece of code that trick Sapience Buddy (employee time tracking software)?

The usual mouse jiggling, media player, notepad tricks don't work anymore. I need more online time than offline on my analytics dashboard.

Sapience Buddy

Product Owner

Curious to know who else have biometric or online based attendance tracking in the org. 
For a stealth startup of 20-30 guys, the CEO/HR seems to have introduced biometric based attendance tracking. Unless you’ve logged 9 hours in office. You’ll not get get any attendance. Am I alone in calling this out as a dumb fuck move for a company of such size? 
 
Feel freee to add your org name with the kind of attendance tracking that you have.

Attendance tracking

Why is these bs time tracking softwares being introduced? What's the need for it when the employee is working on the assigned task and completing it before deadlines. 

Suppose, if we are doing the assigned work way before the EOD, then why do we need to stick to the screens just for tracking our clicks?
Any counters for this mechanism?

Being new to corporate, I really need some good piece of advice from everyone here.

What is the need of time tracking software?

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I frequently see these remote PM jobs that are promoted on LinkedIn and seem to pay quite well. Anyone has any experience interviewing with these or are currently working with them? Would be interesting to know if these are indeed remote and pay so much

Anyone has any insight into such remote roles?

Founder

It’s clear to me that this isn’t good for me. My interaction with the outside world and being in the present is inversely proportional to how much I use IG/smartphone.

IG is obv the strongest drug, but in general want to be more conscious about what I do on my phone, when Inuse it.

Looking for genuine advice. Please help 🙏🏻

People who reduced IG/Smartphone usage, how did you do it?

Simple Shirley, Uninstall 
  
 If required, login from web only 
  
 I've set timers for 19 apps in my phone by digital wellbeing 🤷 
 It'll help in long run

Growth Manager

Welcome to News Discussion's Private Community

Does your company have a keystroke monitor?

Program Manager

Folks, I work in Tax, Deloitte recently installed IntApp application(Google for more).
In short it tracks all the time we spend on laptop. Including calls, any time we spend on any application. Any other entities in Deloitte got this?

Deloitte Brings IntApp application to track working hours!

I work in WITCH. There's literally 0 dependency on me at the moment. I emailed HR asking for temp wfh for a few days as I am suffering from some a bit long-term pain (not so much)

I already used leaves as I was hospitalised in the same episode. manager does not have much say as it is the HR taking the decision.

I sent my medical reports (8-10 tests) along with an email request. it's been 2 business days, but there's absolutely no reply whether I'll get it or not! not even a single fucking acknowledgement.

what should I do next?

Why are HRs so lazy?

My current CTC is 7.7 with around 2+ YOE. Received an offer with a sort of startup owned by a private equity that is giving a 20% hike + bonus not included in the CTC. My current role sucks, there's not any coding involved, it's mostly just using a third party software to make small changes here & there and I don't think it will help me in the future, though the work culture and perks are really good (hybrid mode lots of holidays barely 4-5 hours of work). The new role will include coding which is what I want to do and from the discussion I had with the hiring team it will be a challenging role compared to my current. 

However, this will be my 3rd company and I'm not sure how recruiters will look at it since I am currently working in legacy tech and want to switch to a different stack in the future and I will probably have to stay at least a year here. The new company also mentioned that they use tracking software only while you WFH though you can do WFO too which is a red flag for me. 

I'm really confused. The hike isn't much but the extra money will help but the lack of the freedom while WFH and the long hours are making me think and the fact that I would have to stay atleast a year in this role to not be seen as a serial hopper to recruiters when I want to switch tech stack. But then again I don't see any future growth in my current org even with all its perks and it just feels like im rotting away my early 20s not doing any "meaningful work" or gaining any skills.

Got an offer with around 20% hike

We have tracking software added. It takes laptop screenshots and session logging details. But now it takes camera pictures too for every 30 mins. I am doing wfh but it is taking too much privacy. Should i add a black tape or not. I am also little bit scared for adding a black tap due to market situation.

Tracking software now takes camera pictures too

I recently started a new job. I would like to share some of the experiences I have had with my manager. I am wondering if these are red flags or if I am maybe being paranoid or thinking too much.

It was quite difficult for me to get into this company and this job. The company is quite great and I was quite excited but some of the experiences I have had with my immediate manager have made me a bit apprehensive.
I would like to share them and hear opinions about it.

Here are some things which have happened which I have not liked so far - 

1. I speak to a Senior Engineer one day and next day my manager asks me if anyone asked me to speak to him. 
2. I shared an insight about a new tool which we can use on a deployment pipeline on the overall pod (under my skip manager). My manager immediately called me and started asking my status update and replied 'Discussing 1-1' in the group to prevent anyone getting visibility of the idea. 
3. My manager pings me whenever I go offline and recently he asked me in a passive aggressive way, 'Please monitor your Teams status. It was away for most of today.' I now feel kind of paranoid to never get up as I feel my Teams status is being monitored.

Is my manager too much of a micromanaging red flag ? I started a new job and my manager monitors my Teams online status.

Yes this is straight up micromanagement and insecurity. 
  
 Just stand up to him man. The more of such things you allow him to do, the more courage he will get and more he will fuck your life.  
  
 Just stand your ground for a few times and he'll understand that you are not the guy he can do this to.

Anyway to bypass Nippon sapience time tracker

Discover More

Office Gossip on

by Karilyn Hyrum

Kolkata based

Is time tracking done at your place?

Office Gossip on

by Isaiah Lee

Stealth

Does your office have any employee monitoring trackers ?

Office Gossip on

by Dezi Nadeen

Stealth

The 9 Hrs mandatory login period rant.

Office Gossip on

by Aaron Lee

Rapido

Seriously, Can we get rid of the Employee Tracking Nonsense?

Software Engineers on

by Jordon Everett

Stealth

Toxic Remote Policy

Software Engineers on

by Jordon Denver

Capgemini

Sapience Buddy

Office Gossip on

by Isaiah Lee

Stealth

Attendance tracking

Office Gossip on

by Blair Lee

Student

What is the need of time tracking software?

Product Managers on

by Aaron Gabriel

Stealth

Anyone has any insight into such remote roles?

Misc on

by Jordon Lee

Citymall

People who reduced IG/Smartphone usage, how did you do it?

News Discussion on

by Isaiah Hyrum

Bollywood

Does your company have a keystroke monitor?

Big 4 on

by Coy Everett

Deloitte

Deloitte Brings IntApp application to track working hours!

Office Gossip on

by Aaron Lee

Stealth

Why are HRs so lazy?

Software Engineers on

by Isaiah Everett

Stealth

Got an offer with around 20% hike

Office Gossip on

by Anise Dean

Stealth

Tracking software now takes camera pictures too

Software Engineers on

by Coy Carmden

Microsoft

Is my manager too much of a micromanaging red flag ? I started a new job and my manager monitors my Teams online status.