I see the shifts toward remote work taking place right now and can't help but think folks are setting themselves up for a let down. I also think younger workers who enter the force in the next couple of years will be familiar with test proctoring software. (https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21232777/examity-remote-test-proctoring-online-class-education/)<p>I guess my big question is how a WFH employee base could mobilize to stop something like proctoring software from becoming the norm. After all, unlike in a physical plant, workers scattered across the country or the globe in remote teams are not going to have the same chance to organize and garner collective bargaining power if something like this is mandated from the top down.
You are not cut off from others when you’re behind a laptop. Cultivate relationships with your co-workers. Hang out with them after-hours, on channels that your company does not control. Ask them about their lives! Meditate together. So much can flow from this if you busy yourself with life, rather than seeking yet another system to fight yet another system.
Proctoring software won't be around for long. It's an extremely flawed solution to the problem of cheating in digital exams. There are much better ways to solve cheat proof exams without invasions of privacy.