Barclays Puts in Sensors to See Which Bankers Are at Their Desks
- Heat-sensing ‘OccupEye’ records usage, promotes ‘hot-desking’
- Barclays, Lloyds say using such devices helps reduce costs
Signage shines through a window reflecting Barclays Plc head offices at the Canary Wharf business, financial and shopping district in London.
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Barclays Plc has installed devices that track how often bankers are at their desks.
Managers were peppered with queries when investment bank staff in London discovered black boxes stuck to the underside of their desks in recent months, according to several Barclays employees who asked not to be identified speaking about their workplace. They turned out to be tracking devices called OccupEye, which use heat and motion sensors to record how long employees are spending at their posts.