Badge‑time dashboards normalize surveillance

Updated: 2026.01.09 19D ago 1 sources
Large employers are rolling out manager dashboards that convert badge‑in and dwell time into categorical personnel signals (e.g., 'Low‑Time' or 'Zero' flags). Those numeric thresholds institutionalize presence as a productivity metric, shifting disputes over culture and performance into algorithmically produced personnel decisions. — If normalized, such dashboards will reshape workplace privacy norms, accelerate algorithmic personnel management, and force new rules on measurement thresholds, due process, and corporate use of monitoring data.

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Amazon's New Manager Dashboard Flags 'Low-Time Badgers' and 'Zero Badgers'
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Business Insider’s internal Amazon document (reported Jan 2026) showing a manager tool that flags employees averaging <4 hours daily ('Low‑Time Badgers') and those with zero badge events over eight weeks.
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