Surveillance and strict office attendance enforcement
Just joined a new company last week and, while they did say they worked in-office 3 days per week, it only became apparent to me on my first day that:
They track office attendance by monitoring badge swipes at the office door.
They can fire me instantly without pay if I don't meet the quota of badge swipes. Regardless of the results I deliver for the company.
My entire team sits in a different part of the country. So all I do is waste an hour a day of my life going into a noisy, open plan office where it's really hard to focus, and sit on Zoom calls with my colleagues in the other part of the country.
What baffles me is just how people around me at this company are like: "yeah whatever it's just part of life." Do folks here feel the same? If so, I'd be curious to know more about why.
Why would one or more adults ever surveil the activities of another adult? (Outside of the surveilled adult being incarcerated). How did we become so complacent as a society as to allow this kind of abusive behaviour?