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But there's one big difference – the workers wear caps to monitor their brainwaves, data that management then uses to adjust the pace of production and redesign workflows, according to the company.
The company said it could increase the overall efficiency of the workers by manipulating the frequency and length of break times to reduce mental stress.
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday May 02 2018, @04:35PM (2 children)
So do you normally believe the justifications issued by politicians and corporate spokesmen? You might want to reconsider such an approach.
What *is* interesting is that he appears to expect people to accept his statement at face value. This, however, could easily be an artifact of translation or paraphrasing.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Wednesday May 02 2018, @04:55PM (1 child)
No, I don't believe them, however, let's forget about that, and let's assume that these corporate spokespeople are all being completely honest. This guy talks about decreasing workers' mental stress. When do American corporate spokespeople ever talk about that? Never. Instead, they laud the open-office concept because of "collaboration!!!". I've never heard American corporate spokespeople ever say anything about decreasing the stress of their workers. So even if you do believe they're all lying, the Americans aren't even trying to get you to believe they care about it. Surely you don't believe, then, that decreasing mental stress is actually some kind of secret goal of theirs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @10:47PM
Some people actually seek out situations which may appear stressful to others. I have always sought out high stress positions as they pay more and the stress does not bother me as long as I know I am doing my best work that I can.