Boss In China Gives High-Tech Chairs To Spy On His Employees

Chair cushions and data displayed. (source: China Press)

JAKARTA - The boss has done something to 'spy' on his employees. For example, like one company in Hanzhou, China.

This was shared by an employee at a company in Hanzhou, who shared his story in December 2020 through his social media account.

Launching worldofbuzz from China Press, a company boss in the region gave a year-end gift in November 2020. The card is the latest high-tech pillow.

Referred to as a health pillow, the gift can measure heart rate, breathing and the wrong seat position. The pillow will send the above data via notification to your smartphone.

For example, if you have been sitting too long or if the sitting position can make you tired. Then you will be notified by the application, to be more active in moving for health.

The giving of this gift is considered normal by employees. Moreover, the relationship between the employee and the boss is good. In addition, the boss also likes technology and always brings new products to the office.

All employees think there is no problem with this gift, until one day the employee gets a surprising question from his colleagues when he comes to the pantry.

"Why are you never at the table from 10 am to 10:30 am? Be careful or the boss might cut your pay," asked his colleagues.

It is known, all the data from the pillow can of course be known by the boss and Human Resources.

Illustration. (Alex Kotliarskyi / Unsplash)

This post also reaps the opinion of netizens.

"I feel the data from the pillow should be considered personal privacy, and the boss has no right to use this data to spy on workers," commented one netizen.

"Working like this is basically the same as going to jail, you no longer have freedom," wrote another netizen.

However, there are also netizens who do not have a problem with this, related to employee discipline in working hours.

"I don't see a problem, it's only a problem if you make a mistake. For example, if you leave the table to do some personal business and your colleagues lose track of you. What do you want them to do? They just remind you, and you already feel guilty." he wrote.

So, what do you think? Is it a violation of someone's privacy or is it normal to do in the work environment?