California technician pushes back after company demands he install a tracking app on his personal phone that monitors his location even when he's at home: ‘Who refuses to install it will be taken off the schedule’

Since when does clocking out mean your boss still gets to know where you are?I have a lot to say about this issue because I was in this same position a couple of years ago. I was working remotely for an overseas marketing agency, and at the beginning, it was fine. I had no major complaints, although some procedures were very off-putting, but I had worked for worse places, so I didn't think much of it. After six months in, the owner of the company sent an email informing us that we were going to download tracking software that was going to measure our productivity and other stuff.I've heard of these programs, and I knew that many employers loved them, especially when having remote employees. The problem was that the software that they wanted us to install went beyond tracking our work… Firstly, I was working on my own personal computer, so they would have access to every single personal thing that I had. And secondly, the software would send daily reports to my employer about every site that I've visited, and even remember passwords.Can you imagine? It was suddenly the biggest invasion of privacy that I had ever experienced in my life. Some of my coworkers and I said no and asked i…

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