I started a new AE role, and my work laptop has a time tracker on it. If I'm inactive for more than a few minutes, it stops the timer.
If I even have YouTube Music on in a tab, it labels that time as "unproductive time." It takes random screenshots and sends them to my manager.
I am required to work 8 hours a day, no more, no less. And as a final kick in the pants, for the first several years, I only get 1 week of PTO per year.
And I can't install anything (not even Zoom) without an IT person taking remote control of the laptop to install it.
Is this normal at all? (I'm not asking if it's good management, it clearly isn't in my opinion. But is this common?)
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