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Thursday, July 22, 2010

A Metallic Vampire Stalking the Earth! | Intercepts

A Metallic Vampire Stalking the Earth! | Intercepts

A Metallic Vampire Stalking the Earth!

School district officials in Columbus, Ohio, were jazzed when they installed the new $1.7 million Kronos computer system to track workers’ attendance. The idea was that all employees, from the superintendent on down, would have to swipe a card through a reader as they entered and exited their workplace. The district computers would record the amount of time each employee spent on the job, much like the old factory punch cards and clock.
There was only one problem. The use of the system is considered to be a change in working conditions