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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 01:26 AM Aug 2021

Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1276227

Workers at one of the world’s largest call center companies said additional monitoring would violate the privacy of their families in their homes.

Colombia-based call center workers who provide outsourced customer service to some of the nation’s largest companies are being pressured to sign a contract that lets their employer install cameras in their homes to monitor work performance, an NBC News investigation has found.

Six workers based in Colombia for Teleperformance, one of the world’s largest call center companies, which counts Apple, Amazon and Uber among its clients, said that they are concerned about the new contract, first issued in March. The contract allows monitoring by AI-powered cameras in workers’ homes, voice analytics and storage of data collected from the worker’s family members, including minors. Teleperformance employs more than 380,000 workers globally, including 39,000 workers in Colombia.

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Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance (Original Post) SheltieLover Aug 2021 OP
Nope. nt OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #1
Seriously!? Tadpole Raisin Aug 2021 #2
Isn't their entire job performance contained oh in the voice calls and IT entries? lostnfound Aug 2021 #3

lostnfound

(16,176 posts)
3. Isn't their entire job performance contained oh in the voice calls and IT entries?
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 06:55 AM
Aug 2021

Isn’t their entire job performance contained in the voice calls and IT entries?
Outrageous.

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