Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「The work ID, long used for gaining entry to the office, now has a new job: tracking how long people stay. ⁠ ⁠ Facebook parent Meta Platforms told employees in August that managers will review badge data monthly to assess whether those assigned to an office are meeting a requirement to spend at least three days a week in-person; repeated violations could result in disciplinary action, including termination.⁠ ⁠ Google notified workers that badge-swipe data could be a way it enforces its in-office policies. Other companies, from Amazon to JPMorgan Chase, also keep tabs on attendance through badges or other methods.⁠ ⁠ For decades, badge systems served mostly as a security measure. After the Sept. 11 attacks, the technology proliferated, spreading from high-end buildings in major cities to offices nationwide. ⁠ ⁠ More recently, new technological developments—and the shift away from physical cards to mobile access—have made it significantly cheaper and easier for employers to extract and analyze data, said Matt Kopel, co-CEO of SwiftConnect, a building-access software provider that works with dozens of Fortune 500 companies.⁠ ⁠ To gauge whether employees are actively working in the office—as opposed to swiping in and leaving—Kopel said companies are drawing on other data points. More are using systems that require users to swipe their mobile phones to print documents, he said. Multiple swipes are another sign of a full day at the office. ⁠ ⁠ “If you don’t have two entries a day, you’re either working really hard or you’re not working,” he said. ⁠ ⁠ Illustration: Emil Lendof/@wsjphotos」9月28日 8時00分