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| The Productivity Score feature brings criticism to Microsoft |
Privacy sources have warned that Microsoft will be under fire after its productivity classification feature allowed managers to use Microsoft 365 to track employees' personal activities.
Depending on the company, the productivity assessment feature gives you insight into how your company is operating and summarizes information about email usage, network connectivity, and the company's highest productivity ratios. Desk. Headquarters. center.
Reports can help managers find information about individual employees.
The job describes it as a way of providing information to change the way employers operate. The company collects data on each employee's behavior on 73 metrics and provides useful details to the boss at the end of each month.
These metrics include how often employees turn on the camera in virtual meetings, how often they send email, how often they participate in shared documents or group chats, and the number of days. They used Microsoft tools in the last month.
Austrian researcher (Wolfi Kristel), who expressed concern about this trait, said in a tweet: This is a big problem on several levels.
Business owners use metadata to analyze performance and monitor algorithms, and Microsoft provides tools to do just that. ''
A Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement, "The productivity score is a subscription experience that helps IT administrators better understand technology and infrastructure use."
“This information aims to help companies get the most out of their technology investments,” he added. Statistics are compiled within 28 days and displayed at the user level. So that IT administrators can provide technical support and advice.
"We are committed to making data protection an important part of our productivity rating," wrote Jared Spataro, Microsoft 365 Vice President.
He added: “Productivity Points” is not a tool for monitoring work, but rather a tool for discovering new working methods, providing tools for technical cooperation and experimentation, and collecting user data within 28 years to maintain confidentiality and trust.
David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founder of Basecamp Office Productivity Group, said on Twitter: “Constant monitoring in the workplace is psychological abuse, and worrying about stats is the last thing we need right now.”