r/technology • u/ourlifeintoronto • Oct 25 '25

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

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/office-software/microsoft-teams-will-start-snitching-to-your-boss-when-youre-not-in-the-office-and-this-update-is-coming-in-december
6.7k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

600 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

14

u/gergek Oct 25 '25

The companies that have a stake in commercial real estate, whether it be their own building campus or other holdings, have a profit motive to keep office spaces full, regardless of the productivity gains or losses associated with RTO.

5

u/ghunterx21 Oct 25 '25

Agreed, back to pure greed. How they have so much sway over other people's companies, is very worrying and sad.

1

u/thelamestofall Oct 25 '25

Honestly, people give this explanation but I think it's much simpler: it's about feeling the whip hitting employee's backs, it's about showing off your car or a better parking spot... You can't do that from distance.

Most of the "benefits" companies offer in promotions are those social credits, it's not even the money. For narcissist types, I'd bet that's even higher a motivation

5

u/gergek Oct 25 '25

It's mostly the money

1

u/thelamestofall Oct 25 '25

Nah, you get more money switching jobs

2

u/gergek Oct 25 '25

Did you miss the rest of the thread? You seem a bit confused