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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Surveillance and Digital Control at Work


Five dead on Titan sub were 'true explorers' - OceanGate


Search Underway for Titanic-Wreck Submersible With Five Crew Bloomberg. Or not to put too fine a point on it: Hm, Billionaire-Adventurer…. Andrei Martyanov


Titanic shipwreck shown in 3D view BBC


Moveit hack: attack on BBC and BA offers glimpse into the future of cybercrime


Identity of mole who sold Russia secrets from within Australia's spy agency uncovered


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State of the Global Workplace: 2023 Report – “This annual report represents the collective voice of the global employee. In this year’s report, we examine the global rise in employees who are thriving at work, even as worker stress remains at a record high. Although employee engagement is rising, the majority of the world’s workers are still quiet quitting. An improving job market may encourage those workers to quit for real.


Surveillance and Digital Control at Work

A research project on the datafication of work with a focus on Europe – Data collection is becoming ubiquitous, including at work. Systems that constantly record data about activities and behaviors in the workplace can quickly turn into devices for extensive monitoring and control, deeply affecting the rights and freedoms of employees. Opportunities and risks are not distributed equally. While employers optimize their business processes, workers are being rated, ranked, pressured and disciplined. Companies use this recorded data to monitor behavior, assess performance and, increasingly, to direct tasks, manage workers and make automated decisions about them. The project examines and maps how companies use personal data on (and against) employees. Based on previous German-language research, it investigates and documents systems and technologies that process personal data in the workplace and identifies key developments and issues relevant to worker rights. The project, which is described in more detail here, results in a series of case studies and research reports, which are published online over the course of 2023 and 2024 below.

  • Surveillance and Algorithmic Control in the Call Center. A case study on contact and service center software, automated management and outsourced work (52 pages, May 2023) – This project follows up on previous research on surveillance and digital control at work that focused on German-speaking countries, which was carried out by Cracked Labs between 2019 and 2021 and which resulted in a comprehensive German-language report, a web publication and a report on research based on interviews with work councils in Austria.”