Comment on Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood

<- View Parent
intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It is. The only reason I, an autistic man, can feed myself is because at least some jobs are defined in terms of measurable output. As soon as a human is making a personal judgment about me, they see that I’m like an alien acting human, and they find a way to fire me.

As an Uber driver, or any other job where success is not based on my boss’s judgment, I kick ass.

People have no fucking ability to stand by any of the “diversity” crap they preach. Like, maybe if diversity is so important to you, the fact that my voice sounds slightly tighter than usual one day shouldn’t result in me getting “Does not meet expectations” on my review.

Can you tell I’m a little bitter about this?

Now these kids are trying to organize Uber drivers into some kind of union.

Please no! I only succeed because it’s gig work, because it’s independent contractor stuff. As soon as my benefits become codified, it becomes an employee situation, and I get put under the neurotypical microscope again.

I cannot survive there, and I don’t want to live on state aid. Free money is not a substitute for work.

source
Sort:hotnewtop