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- When the algorithm is your boss https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/01/amazon-algorithm-human-resource-management-tech-worker-surveillance 94 comments
- Algorithm That Tells the Boss Who Might Quit http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-algorithm-that-tells-the-boss-who-might-quit-1426287935 2 comments
- Your Boss May Soon Be an Algorithm. If They're Not One Already, https://worldzznews.com/your-boss-may-soon-be-an-algorithm-if-theyre-not-one-already-that-is-sciencealert/ 13 comments technews
- Workers Need to Unionize to Protect Themselves From Algorithmic Bosses - The rapid expansion of algorithmic management technology in 2019 should be a cause for deep concern for all workers, a new report says. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epg4b4/workers-need-to-unionize-to-protect-themselves-from-algorithmic-bosses 13 comments technology
- DoorDash Is Proof of How Easy It Is to Exploit Workers When Their Boss Is an Algorithm https://gizmodo.com/doordash-is-proof-of-how-easy-it-is-to-exploit-workers-1836729119 35 comments technology
- The algorithmic shift boss: workers in a world of continuous partial employment https://medium.com/the-wtf-economy/workers-in-a-world-of-continuous-partial-employment-4d7b53f18f96 5 comments economy
- The AI boss that deploys Hong Kong's subway engineers: "An algorithm schedules and manages the nightly engineering work on one of the world's best subway systems – and does it more efficiently than any human could" http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329764.000-the-ai-boss-that-deploys-hong-kongs-subway-engineers.html#.u7foulgmvxu 578 comments technology
- The AI boss that deploys Hong Kong's subway engineers: An algorithm schedules and manages the nightly engineering work on one of the world's best subway systems – and does it more efficiently than any human could http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329764.000-the-ai-boss-that-deploys-hong-kongs-subway-engineers.html?cmpid=rss%7Cnsns%7C2012-global%7Conline-news#.u7ze2mdwjuo 12 comments technology
- Meet Your New Robot Boss - Many have long worried that AI and robots will replace workers. But less attention has been paid to the increasing use of algorithmic systems to manage workers — creating ever more authoritarian and exploitative workplaces. https://jacobin.com/2024/06/ai-algorithmic-management-productivity-unions 18 comments futurology
- When the Algorithm Is Your Boss - At workplaces like Amazon, algorithms have become the worst kind of boss – one who watches you constantly, makes impossible demands and then sacks you without explanation. https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/01/amazon-algorithm-human-resource-management-tech-worker-surveillance 30 comments technology