Just heard from my friend who is VP that DXC invested $23M into a new employee monitoring system. AI processes key strokes, mouse movement, places visited, camera, mic, email, IM etc. and based on those signals calculates engagement and productivity and other metrics as well as sending alerts if bad behavior detected. They plan to roll it out in 2Q19
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$23 million is probably going to ML quarterly bonus award.
I’m Spartacus
They should spend the $23m on a small token award for employees instead of wasting it on this.
Plenty of companies use this software, it records every key stroke, system, app, idle time etc etc you use and breaks it down into a productivity breakdown. Obvisoully also records everything you type as well. IT is then used if for example you are doing a change and something goes wrong and a finger blame is needed they can audit your commands see what your doing and off course can be used when redundancy is coming along to get reports back on what your spending time on etc etc.... off course you can use it yourself to defned your self if something is blamed on you and you want to prove it was not you!!! but yea mainly for your boss to watch!!
Endpoint security monitoring and a means to split your windows patches into cached shard peices to save time when distributing through a "Backward leader" and yes, we know DXC has one of those, but without a "forward leader" then DXC is going to struggle.
I don't work for DXC either. Not many of us DO anymore and those that do have put gaffer tape over their webcams, drinking birds on their space bar, browse via TOR and have changed their name to proxy pete.
Other forums on here also worry if their company is spying on what they type on layoff.com. In fact there's....
Wait...what was that? Did you just hear that? I thought I heard something.
Oh god...I think they're onto us!
Quick - everyone put on the foil hats and pretend you're working!
Its so easy to manipulate people on this forum. I don’t even work for dxc, thought this topic and having fun. If its so easy to stir... how dxc can survive hard time that is yet to came?
Just do work on work devices . Personal items on personal devices ( on personal networks) . It’s not that hard and quite frankly, it’s part of the ethics training .
Paranoia is last thing you need to deal with when a company is looking for excuses to terminate .
Just fly right .
Google tanium it’s not a spying device
Lastly I am a senior manager in DXC, previous is CSC.
I have never heard of any such thing. Stop talking sh--. Heck I wish they did monitor us, it would show we work our arses off to the bone.
Of course they are monitoring what you do. Check your running services or even add / remove programs.
Look for Tanium client. You do have it installed. It was pushed a long time ago where it was legal to do.
You can read all about it here (hXXps://docs.tanium.com/client/client/index.html).
I started this month and was given document to sign that essentialy is a consent for extended monitoring of employee device
What a load of bo***cks . Get a life people.
It'll probably be used in some of the BPO areas to determine if AI can replace manual labor. They've been able to monitor internet usage for years, so checking to see what sites you're visiting is nothing new. If you're still performing a keyboard monkey job then maybe you should be scared.
This topic was thought up by an Indian guy who seems to have lost the plot or maybe he is a paranoid android.
Let me be absolutely clear, certain log files do tell the company what apps are used and what frequency. This is for licencing.
Certain apps like MS project have costly licence fees and frankly if you don’t use them, why would the company want to pay for them. This is not spying on your productivity.
Secondly if you download freeware which is free for home use but actually not free for enterprise, the vendor actually knows this from the installation logs, and data transmitted between the app servers and your local machine, then they collar DXC afterwards. I know this for certain because I used an app called Cassetica or something like that years ago when we had Lotus Notes, somehow CSC found out I had it on my PC. Again it was free for home use and charged for Enterprise use.
please monitor me!
so maybe its better if manager ask people his employees what motivates them or what makes them feel apriciated instead of monitoring?
yep, blue tooth probe inceted into the a** is around the corner... LOL
With the exception of Germany, it only becomes illegal if DXC monitor European staff without telling them they are doing this. Same as if they were monitoring anyone by CCTV. They must only use the data for that stated purpose. Any other profiling or obtaining information that invades privacy or soley makes decisions over someone without human interaction, without consent, is very naughty and punishable under European law by a fine of 4% of the corporation's total worldwide revenue; 20 million euro or a complete ban on allowing others to cut up your meat.
Anyway, I am bored with this topic now. We need a new 'click-bait' topic: "DXC drones to hover over the homes of sick employees"
IIRC when I worked at HPE/DXC (thank goodness I got out last year!!) there was a disclaimer in the logon splash screen which said something to the effect that your PC may be monitored in countries where it is permissible.....
I asked once and for sure it is illegal in the UK and all of western Europe - the only country where I know it is permissible is the USA and that is only for monitoring for "improper use" of company assets - spend all day on YouTube, or browsing p--n sites for example, and this might apply, but otherwise I doubt it
wdc.dll is connected to Windows Performance Monitor - it has nothing to do with USER monitoring...
@XG3xplK-1cet - Nope! It is NOT illegal (at least in the U.S.). DXC can and does monitor your productivity (idle time, etc.) and what apps you have open. They cannot necessarily tell what site you are on or read your files but they do know what you are doing. Many tech companies use this kind of software to monitor employees.
OMG !!! Remove your tin foil hat .
wdc.dll is part of Perfomance Monitor - it has nothing to do with Employee Monitoring applications like Interguard or Teramind.
But thanks for playing ;)
So glad I quit this train-wreck of a company.
Today its new monitoring system, tommorow its gonna nozzle and chip pinned to the ear measuring blood pressure, heart beat, brain activity and precise employee location.
This is easily thwarted by using registry hacks that make Skype look as if you are continually available and the tracking tool would not know the difference. Clearly use of the tool is governed by fools that don't understand how IT really works, i.e. HR.
You can see if they have installed it on your PC.
Looking in Windows\system32
The file you are looking for is called "wdc.dll".
If you have that, then DXC is monitoring everything that you do.
You have to be seriously dumb to believe this.
It’s illegal in any western country for starters, how many other companies do this? Zero for starters.
Next someone will say DXC have a teleportation machine, if you get caught going on the next you will be transported in that state to mickey mouses office for dismissal.
Please grow up and think logically.
Lol! DXC sinking lower and lower: Monitoring of the monkeys to make sure they remain loyal little monkeys.
In a way, he’s got you all cutting his meat!
DXC can’t even manage their email servers ... please !!!!!!
I’m currently sitting on my own porcelain chair typing from my personal device so if DXC wants to be big brother and monitor everything I do - good luck . I don’t work for DXC and I don’t use DXC devices ... you can’t micromanage freedom of speach or thought . And if you think you can , you are not getting your steak cut enough into smaller pieces .
Time for any normally functioning human being in that company to grab the execs by the brain pan and shake it a few times .
Welcome to the free internet mo--ns .
It can also detect other people cutting up your food and measuring adult diaper consumption during the work day
Good way to monitor employees and to sack people on the spot if they're down on productivity or visit some non work web sites.
This data would not be reliable as many teleworkers spread their activity to their personal machines as what is provided is frankly, substandard.
Ability to measure value to price ratio and its distribution across the offices is very powerful tool when makeing strategic decisions about headcount increase/reduction. Afterall US based employees could be asked to work for $10/h and dial in calls at 9-11PM like India folks.
DXC will need to be clear on their purpose - I.e. increase productivity by monitoring work pc usage for personal internet time and the monitoring of PC idle times. The monitoring s/w cannot do more than they state as they have to be open and transparent about their collection and they are not allowed to reduce your private social life in the workplace to zero.
DXC do not need your consent as consent would be hard to obtain from you because of the obvious imbalance of power, as consent can't be 'freely given' if people face a potential negative effect from consenting. So, instead, DXC would need to seek one of five legal grounds for processing of your data. But its a murky legal minefield out there with test cases on EU law still setting precedence on when a company's monitoring exceeds the boundaries of its purpose and starts invading email content that is private. Plus all you social media postings, passwords, your political views and affiliation to groups you may have.
DXC plan to arrange all your grey desks so you face the large telescreen on the office wall with your glorious leader chanting clear values and ethics at you.
DXC could have the right to monitor your emails, keystrokes, screen content . Though, no covert action can be used unless they suspect criminal activity. Any emails you send outside DXC will have to carry warning notices of the surveillance activity as your contacts could also be affected by them too.
I think we can use robot to create fake incredible activity from the PC :) :) :)
I don't know what rock you have been under but this has been in place (at least for the ex-HPE people) for YEARS. I know we had to do an update but we were tracked as HP, HPE, and now DXC. This isn't just for new people - it is for everybody. The managers receive reports about how much time you spend in various applications and how much time you spend idle.