December 30, 2013 at 6:50 am
I concurr. Undercover boss comes to mind. Secondly, the company must understand the difference between an employee as an asset or liability.
December 30, 2013 at 7:25 am
Just another instance of Google being the worst combination of Creepy Uncle and Big Brother possible.
Should be expected considering who and what they are really about.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/11/18/google-reaches-privacy-settlement-with-states/3628593/
December 30, 2013 at 1:32 pm
Not a good idea...IMO
"Most" people want to know they have a place in the company. If people are paid well for what they do and are excited to go to work, and have ample amount of vacation for great work life balance, they will be less likely to leave.
Once the raises start to drop and you start getting bad managers and leaders and your job starts to become less and less exciting, you start to wonder if you can find that excitement again. So, what better way than to find another job. You typically get a nice raise for leaving and there is the initial excitement and new contribution.
If the company treats everyone well and tries to keep everyone involved and maintains a reasonable and maybe sometimes better raises, and a great vacation policy, no one would want to leave.
This type of application is evidence that the company feels as if they have been screwing people over and they are starting to wonder how deep they went. (Wait...that doesn't sound like it should). The company feels like they are losing control because of their bad decisions and now they are looking for a computer to tell them how to make people happy. Not too smart if you ask me. Sounds to me like HR needs fired along with some big executives that are making bad decisions.
December 31, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Seems risky at a company full of tech nerds. If they see you doing data mining to figure out who is likely to leave, and scratching their itches, what is to stop otherwise happy employees from "life hacking" so that it will look like they are unhappy and look like more money/vacation/benefits/advancement would help retain them?
How sweet would that be? Figure out how to look right on the report, and you've implicitely threatened to leave and shaken them down for more, without having to make any such threats explicit.
December 31, 2013 at 12:18 pm
That's sounds like a great plan, Nevyn. Until they figure out you're not one of the, "can't live without" employees. 🙂
December 31, 2013 at 12:35 pm
Coozie (12/31/2013)
That's sounds like a great plan, Nevyn. Until they figure out you're not one of the, "can't live without" employees. 🙂
But thats why its so good. Even if they decide to let you walk if you want, you never threatened to. Their computer just told them you were going to.
Unless the qualifying criteria are grounds for termination, there is no loss of face (or employment). They'll just scratch their heads and wonder why you didnt quit.
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