Trust at Work

You’re working at home on your computer. As this Business Week article notes, if you work for oDesk, they can check up on you.

To keep everyone honest, oDesk takes random screen shots of what people are working on every 10 minutes. There's also a Web cam, so employers can physically see whether someone is at their desk, and a log showing how many mouse clicks or keystrokes are made per minute. It's not meant to be unduly intrusive, but rather to give the same degree of privacy -- or lack thereof -- people find in office settings where a manager can easily peer over a shoulder.

Oh, sure. Not intrusive at all if you work for a boss who peers over your shoulder every 10 minutes.

Where do they think up these things?