BlueJays2591

Federal Business Dev Director

Company monitoring

Does your company monitor your activity (how long you're working, making sure you're logged in, etc)? New company I started at is doing this and checks in far too often. I'm used to quite a bit of flexibility. As long as I hit numbers it didn't matter what I did.

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jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Oh hell no. There's gotta be trust.

In Ontario they passed a law recently that any monitoring has top be disclosed, which I think is a positive move.

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

Yeah I had to ask about it once I got checked up on one too many times.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

I'm sure they do. They can and will if you have company issued equipment. 🤷‍♀️

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

Slightly pathetic in my opinion. I had less oversight in the military than I do for this small company

Fenderbaum

Politicker

Retired Choirboy🪕

Exactly. Company-issued equipment gives them the right, and yes, it is slightly pathetic.

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

I would use my own laptop but they would start slacking me like crazy

Arzola

Valued Contributor

Business administration

agree 100%

Coastal_crusher

Politicker

Sales Director

I would definitely think they do especially if you use a VPN.

As @jefe said it looks like they’ve passed a new law on this so at the very least they have to let you know but I know companies that goes to the extremes to track productivity

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

You’d be surprised how much you’re monitored. Just always be professional.

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

I'm always professional. Issue is when I step away for a bit I get slacked constantly

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

If they aren’t they will being in a couple years for remote workers

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Assume that they can and behave accordingly. I don’t believe my company does, however.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

Dang, that would drive me nuts. I'm held to my number and thats it.

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

That's what I'm used to. I got several slacks within 20 min of stepping away for an appointment.

Rallier

Politicker

SDR Manager and Consultant

I would run away so fast if a company did this

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

I'm trying. It's ridiculous

Thesamiam13x

Celebrated Contributor

Sales

If I knew that my company pulled that shit, I would be looking ASAP!

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

Oh I definitely am. I should receive another offer in a week or two so I will be quitting.

Rizzdawg

Politicker

there used to be a camera in the ceiling and my boss watching over me if i was off the phone for more than 30 minutes. felt like i was in a jail cell. now we dont have an office to go to now so fully remote which has been great for me and

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

Now that's insane. That's the sweatshop of sales

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

Only if there is a reason or indicators of people slacking off. KPIs can tell a lot if the sales aren't coming in.

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

Numbers aren't great, that's for sure

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

no thank god. i probably would not work for a company that does that shit.

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

It's one of many reasons I'm looking to leave so soon

Wellss

Tycoon

Channel sales

Not that I know of haha I don't have anyone constantly checking in on me so I would say no. There's no reason for constant check ins if you're hitting all your numbers. We also keep our calendars fully up to date with meetings, appointments, and other time blocks so this helps with letting managers know where we are and what we're doing

Gyro25

Notorious Answer

Account Executive

Lol fuck no. You're gonna end pissing off the people brining in revenue, which isn't good for anyone.

BourbonKing

Valued Contributor

VP of Sales

Let me guess...they don't trust you at all to do what you're supposed to do and get the job done, but they expect you to trust them. Comp plan doesn't look good? Trust us. Quotas look unattainable? Trust us. Product isn't working? Trust us. Service is poor? Trust us.

Hopefully you can find another employer who understands that trust is a two-way street and doesn't micromanage you like a child.

coletrain

Politicker

Account Executive

A lack of trust means lower performance as a whole.

A crucible to stress reps with the goal of performing just makes more stressed reps, which means lower performance overall from what I've seen

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

It's definitely affecting the team. I won't be here long enough to care too much thankfully

CryptoPoor

Opinionated

Account Executive

I had a manager who was constantly looking at our activity and as soon as my Team icon would turn yellow I could expect a call from him "casually" asking how my day was

He was already a micro-manager pre-covid, so once 2020 hit he was even worse.
Started a new job and from first impression, they seem much more flexible on it, as long as the numbers are there

pirate

Big Shot

🦜☠️ Account Executive

I think they always monitor to some level

WhoDey

Opinionated

VP of Sales

I sure they can, but the company I work at doesn't. Check-ins would be super creepy. Zero trust.

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

It's very creepy. I got a camera cover and a mouse mover. This just creeps me out. Feels like I'm watched in my own home.

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