Woman ordered to pay back employer for ‘time theft’ after computer software caught her slacking

Everything about this article makes me want to puke. The fact that it’s labeled “success - worker productivity” according to Fortune. The fact that the woman originally attempted to sue for $5000 on lost wages and the article barely touches on this. The fact that it was determined in a civil tribunal (the fuck is a civil tribunal?). The fact that the article seems to have a biased agenda against remote work. It’s just a disgusting article. It’s low, even by Fortune standards.

Also, I thought Canada had good labor laws? The fuck is this?

I’m very thankful the remote company I work for doesn’t monitor every second of every minute of what I’m doing. They monitor productivity based off billable hours, which we, the employees, document. None of this draconian, every second must be spent doing work crap. Non-remote jobs aren’t that strict on company time, so why think remote jobs should be?

/r/antiwork Thread Link - fortune.com