How AI Is Transforming the Workplace

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Artificial intelligence is changing the way managers do their job—from who gets hired to how they’re evaluated to who gets promoted

 

TRACKING WHAT WORKERS DO AT THEIR DESKS

Once managers have hired ideal candidates, artificial intelligence can help keep them productive by tracking how they handle various aspects of their jobs—starting with how they use their computers all day.

Veriato makes software that logs virtually everything done on a computer—web browsing, email, chat, keystrokes, document and app use—and takes periodic screenshots, storing it all for 30 days on a customer’s server to ensure privacy. The system also sends so-called metadata, such as dates and times when messages were sent, to Veriato’s own server for analysis. There, an artificial-intelligence system determines a baseline for the company’s activities and searches for anomalies that may indicate poor productivity (such as hours spent on Amazon), malicious activity (repeated failed password entries) or an intention to leave the company (copying a database of contacts).

She checks up on new hires roughly three times weekly and longer-term employees only when she wants to address a productivity issue. She doesn’t use alerts—and thus the system’s AI capabilities—but says she would consider it if she were managing a larger team.

She says it takes five minutes to skim Veriato’s graphs and screen grabs to spot or diagnose a problem, which usually stems from lack of familiarity with software tools used by the company. But sometimes the issue is personal. “When I feel like somebody might not be doing whatever they were working on, I can glance on there and see, ‘Well, no wonder! You’re on Facebook for three hours a day or you’re on sites buying shoes and clothes,’ ” she says.

She resolves problems by explaining what the system showed her and offering to help. Her use of Veriato has resulted in at least one firing, but it has also given her insight that enabled her to retain good employees who simply needed guidance.

 

Full Article - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-ai-is-transforming-the-workplace-1489371060

[Batman_fan]

Employees - Be prepared to work hard and put quality work or get fired. AI is going to track everything you do on your work PC and sends the log to your manager

Managers - No need to spend hours and hours going through resumes when AI can pick the top 10 resumes. No need to micro manage and waste their time on employees. Instead they can focus on leading the team. 

[k2s]

3 minutes ago, Batman_fan said:

Employees - Be prepared to work hard and put quality work or get fired. AI is going to track everything you do on your work PC and sends the log to your manager

Managers - No need to spend hours and hours going through resumes when AI can pick the top 10 resumes. No need to micro manage and waste their time on employees. Instead they can focus on leading the team. 

Mestris will prepare resumes with kaywords so that AI will pick faster

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Just now, k2s said:

Mestris will prepare resumes with kaywords so that AI will pick faster

Kottesam. 

[DannyArcher]

29 minutes ago, k2s said:

Mestris will prepare resumes with kaywords so that AI will pick faster