Microsoft Teams will start snitching to your boss when you’re not in the office

[Adonai]

Lmao you don't need Teams to do this. Any internet security, MFA, or VPN app can tell IT where you are at all the time already.

 

[T-K-G]

I think this is for the employees that swipe their badges and then go home.

Then you already have other issues if you can't tell someone is missing from their in-person job someone simply walking to your desk should be enough to expose you.

Even if you work on a "big" campus

a simple "hey meet me near the XYZ spot in the building" would force most people to admit they aren't there.

 

[Richard Glidewell]

Who you know do that?!

I think this is for the employees that swipe their badges and then go home.

 

[Roid Jones]

I work remote so I am good but always expect you are being watched/monitored on company devices and managed applications.

Exactly, I've always thought I am being monitored and have moved accordingly, so this MS Teams feature is nothing new

 

[Roid Jones]

I think this is for the employees that swipe their badges and then go home.

Nikka what

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

One of the reasons I have always preferred working for small businesses.

My boss now doesn't even know what I do. As long as the money is right he is literally nonexistent.

He asked me to list all my administrative tasks that take up most of my day.



I literally had to tell him my job is not admistrative. It's direct communications and crisis management.

He basically hit me with "Oh okay. Nevermind."

 

[lurker emeritus]

Who you know do that?!

Nikka what

AI Overview

"Coffee badging" is a workplace trend where employees badge into the office to meet a company's attendance requirements, but then leave shortly after to work remotely.
This behavior is often a protest against mandatory return-to-office policies, driven by a desire to avoid commutes and maintain flexibility while showing face at the workplace. It is a form of showing compliance with attendance policies without spending the entire workday in the office.

What it is

• Badge in, then leave: Employees swipe their ID badges to register their presence, often to have their name on the attendance roster.
• Stay briefly: They may stay long enough to grab a coffee, greet colleagues, or attend a quick meeting before leaving for the day.
• Remote work afterward: The employee then returns home to continue working remotely for the rest of the day.

Why people do it

• Avoid mandatory return: It is a way to push back against mandates that require full-time in-office attendance.
• Avoid commutes: Employees use it to avoid long, expensive, and time-consuming commutes.
• Maintain flexibility: It allows them to keep the benefits of remote work, such as flexibility and work-life balance.
• Displeasure with policies: It is often a response to perceived performance or productivity theater that doesn't align with their remote experience.

Company reactions

• Tracking attendance: Many companies track badge swipes to monitor office attendance and enforce return-to-office mandates.
• Not always a firing offense: While some companies have been known to take action against employees not complying with policies, coffee badging itself isn't always an immediate cause for termination.
• Focus on performance: Some experts suggest that instead of focusing on badge swipes, managers should evaluate performance based on actual output and results.

anyway, glad i don't have to worry about any of this since i'm full remote

 

[Richard Glidewell]

AI Overview

"Coffee badging" is a workplace trend where employees badge into the office to meet a company's attendance requirements, but then leave shortly after to work remotely.
This behavior is often a protest against mandatory return-to-office policies, driven by a desire to avoid commutes and maintain flexibility while showing face at the workplace. It is a form of showing compliance with attendance policies without spending the entire workday in the office.

What it is

• Badge in, then leave: Employees swipe their ID badges to register their presence, often to have their name on the attendance roster.
• Stay briefly: They may stay long enough to grab a coffee, greet colleagues, or attend a quick meeting before leaving for the day.
• Remote work afterward: The employee then returns home to continue working remotely for the rest of the day.

Why people do it

• Avoid mandatory return: It is a way to push back against mandates that require full-time in-office attendance.
• Avoid commutes: Employees use it to avoid long, expensive, and time-consuming commutes.
• Maintain flexibility: It allows them to keep the benefits of remote work, such as flexibility and work-life balance.
• Displeasure with policies: It is often a response to perceived performance or productivity theater that doesn't align with their remote experience.

Company reactions

• Tracking attendance: Many companies track badge swipes to monitor office attendance and enforce return-to-office mandates.
• Not always a firing offense: While some companies have been known to take action against employees not complying with policies, coffee badging itself isn't always an immediate cause for termination.
• Focus on performance: Some experts suggest that instead of focusing on badge swipes, managers should evaluate performance based on actual output and results.

So corporate created sensationalist lingo used to demonize already besieged workers........no thanks........its shyt enough out here with adopting the overseer speak and carrying the fight against a fellow worker instead of aiming the animosity where it should be......AND the AI summary is just the fukking absolute icing on the cake

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Why does it matter if you are working remotely? I could see if people supposed to be in office and trying to get over but if I am remote I can be wherever as long as I am working.

Depending on your line of work and what internet connection you’re using. For example, I work with government contracts and restricted programs, so I can’t just work anywhere “remote” especially if the connection is secure.

 

[num123]

Exactly, I've always thought I am being monitored and have moved accordingly, so this is MS Teams feature is nothing new

Not just Teams, any application that you use through your company. My company uses Okta for SSO, MFA and other things so when i connect to my VPN or login to something else, i get a message on my phone to prove i am the one connecting. It tells you the location of where the request originated from, so if you can see it your company can see it.

 

[Richard Glidewell]

Depending on your line of work and what internet connection you’re using. For example, I work with government contracts and restricted programs, so I can’t just work anywhere “remote” especially if the connection is secure.

If thats the case then without a doubt you have to VPN into work with pre installed software on your work issued computer

 

[JT-Money]

The jiggler

Probably one of the worst things you can use especially In a Big Org. Make sure it's low tech and you didn't install anything. Try hard white boys are just looking to hem someone up using them. Because once it's found disciplinary action is all but guaranteed.

 

[xXOGLEGENDXx]

Nikka what

A lot of people do this.

 

[AAKing23]

Tell em I don’t give af

 

[SheWantTheD]

My company already does this.. 3 days in the office 2 at home.

There are people that just swipe their badge then leave the office after like 20 minutes.

They are monitoring it more closely by checking if you are connected to the office WiFi or on VPN.

I go in at 8 and leave at lunch around 1-1:30 lol. Beat afternoon traffic