I know a few people who think they are safe because they recently got a raise or were promoted. When it comes to layoffs, that means nothing. Ask around and you'll see how often people are cut not even a month after being promoted or getting a raise. I don't even think that's intentional, it's just a disconnect between managers who want to see their people succeed and pencil–pushers who only see employees as numbers.But it is something to keep in mind to make sure you are not caught off guard.
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Time spent on laptop does NOT equate to performance not how much value you bring
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Just how low would you say someone’s productivity score need to be lin order to be laid off and to receive a severance package?
Is there like a burn down chart I can refer to in order to monitor my progress? It would suck to know I was slacking but not hard enough to be targeted. Want to make sure I’m not giving that extra 10 percent.
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Do you realize how easy it would be to game this if HR was really tracking stuff like that?
I think that's a load of bullsh** judging by how many of my colleagues should've been let go if HR was scrutinizing productivity like that. That also assumes HR actually works in a proactive way.
I don't doubt they have that data somewhere, but I think the more likely case is that when your manager needs an excuse to let you go they can gin up some data that makes it look like you got the axe because of your "score".
@tkt: Nike is aware most employees make incidental use of their work devices for personal matters and that mostly isn’t a problem. We’re talking about comparative analytics here.
DG will know that people sharing one particular job code might average for example 5.6 hours/day on their computer. So if someone in that same job code has been averaging 1.8 hours/day DG will automatically flag that person.
From there a number of things can happen ranging from “nothing” to “being talked to” to “being laid off”. If you are ever laid off because of a low DG productivity score no one is ever going to tell you that. Chances are even your manager won’t know that’s why you were selected for a lay off. Only a few senior people in HR have access to DG data.
The amounts and types of analytics DG can collect and then turn into “actionable data” is amazing, if not also terrifying. I hate to admit it but DG is a ruthlessly effective tool when it comes to accurately identifying the employees who likely aren’t worth the money they’re being paid.
@kxd+1, well I am just shaking with fear and anxiety now! Seriously, I do not give a flying fu–k
I'm sure there's some manager discretion. I had DG on my Nike computer for several years and definitely used it for non–work related things (even when I was on campus). I even transferred files on to thumb drives on many occasions. I never heard a peep from my manager or HR. Then again, I was on a team where I was doing a majority of the work and making my manager's life very easy.
Speaking of warnings wait until we return to the office and Nike starts digging into all the data it has gathered during the last year from Digital Guardian.
“What is Digital Guardian” you all ask?
EVERY Nike computer and tethered mobile device is running software called Digital Guardian. If you don’t believe me just go into your System Processes and take a look for yourself.
DG ostensibly exists to protect Nike’s intellectual property from going where it shouldn’t go. And it does perform that function. But just as important DG is essentially spyware. It logs all your keystrokes, can tell how often your computer mouse or laptop pad moves, can see which screens you’re looking at and for how long, etc., etc. Basically DG is the equivalent of someone from HR standing right behind you all day long, monitoring and logging literally every single thing you’re doing. Or in many cases NOT doing.
DG can translate all this data into a “productivity score” for each employee. So if you’ve been slacking over the last year while “working” from home and thinking that nobody knows you’ve been slacking, well...Nike knows. They actually know better than you know!
Nike would probably not expect to see you hammering away at your computer 8 hours a day but they probably would expect to see a certain minimal amount of activity on your computer or phone compared to everyone else. In other words if DG shows that the average employee is logging 6.4 hours of activity on their computer and phone per day but your own activity is more like 2 hours per day, you should probably start worrying.