The rise of the employee productiveness rating
Jodi Kantor and Arya Sundaram, The New York Times
Imagine in case your employer solely paid you for the hours you had been actively working in your pc. Time spent on the telephone, doing duties on paper or studying is not a part of your compensation since your job cannot observe these issues with monitoring software program. It’s no far-fetched state of affairs — it is already taking place. Companies are monitoring, recording and rating workers within the title of effectively and accountability. And as you learn this piece, a simulation exhibits you what it is prefer to be monitored.
Social media was a CEO’s bullhorn, and the way he lured ladies
Karen Weise, The New York Times
Weise writes about Dan Price, the previous CEO of a fee processing firm who used his social media persona to “bury a troubled previous.”
Harlan Band’s descent began with a simple on-line Adderall prescription
Rolfe Winkler, The Wall Street Journal
A 29-year-old man sought assist from on-line mental-health startup Done, an organization that “prescribes stimulants like Adderall in video calls as quick as 10 minutes.” Band was already in restoration and lax affected person monitoring did not preserve enough tabs on him. Done advertises on social platforms, “selling a one-minute ADHD evaluation forward of its 30-minute evaluations” earlier than charging “a $79 month-to-month service price for ‘worry-free refills’ and clinician responses to questions.”