'I am not employed elsewhere!': HR accuses remote worker of "overemployment" due to "abormal" keyboard and mouse activity

No employee enjoys the feeling of being watched like a hawk. When you sign a contract to work at a given company, a certain sense of trust is thereby established. On the one hand, the employee is expected to fulfill the tasks and responsibilities of their position as outlined by the terms of the agreement. On the other hand, the employer is expected to follow their end of the bargain. That should mean that it is the responsibility of the employer to provide support wherever needed and to operate a workplace environment that allows workers to thrive.

We know all too well at this point that most contracts are not honored due to the fault of the employer and not the other way around. That's because our conception of workplace environments puts far more pressure on the employee to go above and beyond in order to earn the slightest bit of additional support from management. Instead of expending resources and energy into ensuring that employees feel supported, the vast majority of human resources departments expend their resources and energy instead in enforcing unpopular policies and a hierarchical structure.

In this instance, an employee was brought into HR and was falsely accused of having more than one full-time job. The reasoning? HR was reportedly stalking their every move and using software to track their keyboard and mouse activity on their work computer. It's not like the employee wasn't fulfilling any of their tasks and responsibilities. It's not like he wasn't honoring his portion of their contractual agreement. Instead, a software's unsubstantiated conclusion led this HR representative to assume the worst from the employee. Keep scrolling below for the employee's response and for the subsequent fallout

"HR accused me of working two jobs at the same time, but I only have one job."

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Maddened from the encounter, the employee refused to sign a new contract from HR, one that states that they haven't been and will not be working two jobs simultaneously. Of course, this act of defiance raised eyebrows from HR and only further encouraged their suspicions. Some members of the online community supported the employee's convictions, while others suggested that they sign the contract anyway to get them to back off.
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