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The 404 - Businesses Listen in on Employees

2014-06-24
so the New York Times this week they posted this article about the progress that's being made in the area of workplace surveillance there's this company that they profile in the article and it's called sociometric solutions it's a start-up and they're gaining traction right now because they have this product that offers employers the ability to use an ID badge they have two microphones built in mic here front and back that's not how the location sensor built into it a GPS sensor and an accelerometer as well see how fast your move yeah exactly and so you can imagine how something like this if you put it on saying a waiter they can measure the man or woman's tone of voice you can measure things like posture for example that's how you go you use the accelerometer that's built in body language and maybe even trends that that people notice over time like oh this person is walking too slow or they're engaging in too much conversation or not enough conversation see that's where it's going to happen it's not gonna happen in like a mom and pop restaurants gonna happen at you know tgif run rice it'll be like you didn't offer the customers the shrimp Shack shooters right whatever you know what happens specialist and seafoods about to turn your offer everybody's deal you
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