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More companies are watching their workers. Experts say: knowing what your boss thinks of you can help you.

More companies are watching their workers. Experts say: knowing what your boss thinks of you can help you.

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August 21st, 2026

More companies are watching their workers. Experts say: knowing what your boss thinks of you can help you.

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Employers are using many digital tools that became popular during the pandemic.

雇主正在大量使用疫情期間流行的數位工具

They use these tools to see where workers go. They also see how much work they do.

他們用這些工具追蹤員工去了哪裡、做了多少工作以及和誰聯絡。

These tools include location tracking, task completion data, and cameras on work phones or computers.

這些工具包括位置追蹤任務完成率數據還有使用工作手機或電腦的相機。

Will Neda Negron is the research director of the non-profit group Coworker. She says employers have always watched workers.

非營利組織Coworker的研究總監威爾內達·內格隆雇主一直以來都在監控工人

But AI and data science have improved, so employers can build large data sets.

人工智慧數據科學進步了所以雇主可以建立大量數據集

They use this data to punish workers or to predict what workers will do.

他們這些數據懲罰員工,或預測員工會怎麼做

Vanderbilt University, Northeastern University, and UC Berkeley did a study.

范德堡大學東北大學加州大學柏克萊分校做了調查

They found that some common monitoring programs shared workers' personal data with hundreds of outside data companies without clearly telling the workers.

他們發現一些常見的監控計畫沒有清楚告訴員工就把員工的個人數據分享給數百家外部數據公司

Pharmacist Lanie Chang said her employer tracked her calls and appointment times.

藥劑師蘭妮·張她的雇主追蹤她的電話預約時間

Her employer asked her why she spent too long with each patient. This happened during a performance review.

雇主在績效評估中問她為什麼花在每位病人身上的時間太長

She felt "not trusted, not appreciated."

她覺得不被信任不被賞識」。

Finally, she took medical leave. After it ended, she was fired.

最後休了醫療假休假結束後被解僱了

Hayley Tsukayama works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She says some workers are fighting back against tools that track task time.

電子前哨基金會的州事務總監海莉·冢山一些工人正在反擊追蹤任務時間的工具

They also ask what personal information the company collects.

他們也問公司收集了哪些個人資訊

Arianna Anaya teaches writing classes at a university.

阿麗安娜·安納亞在大學寫作課

She found that managers were reading student papers and her comments.

發現管理人員在閱讀學生上傳的文章她的評論

Students often write about private topics like abuse and eating problems.

學生寫到虐待飲食失調私密話題

After a few months, her teaching contract was not renewed.

幾個月後她的教學合約沒有續簽

Experts tell workers to study data collection trends in their industry.

專家建議員工研究所在行業數據收集趨勢

They also tell workers to ask the organization what employee data it collects.

他們建議員工組織收集哪些具體的員工數據

The IT department usually knows if tracking is on, because they turn it on.

資訊技術部門通常知道追蹤功能是否開啟因為他們負責啟用這些功能

Experts also say not to use work devices for family matters. Do not use them for private information, like health.

專家建議不要工作設備處理家庭事務敏感個人資訊例如醫療狀況

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