In the hopefully not so distant future, you will be walking to your office in Manhattan. If you work in 30 Rockefeller Center, you may have more than just a security camera watching you walk through the lobby.
The building is expected to install thermal cameras that will measure your body temperature, according to the building owner of RXR Realty. The firm is also developing a mobile app for tenants to monitor how closely their workers are complying with social distancing.
Is this the future? When this virus at — at some point — passes, will our office situation change drastically forever? If an employee cannot be within six feet of a colleague, realistically, it does not seem safe to even go into an office space.
According to the Wall Street Journal, a company is “preparing to launch this month a phone app for employers that traces contacts by analyzing workers’ interactions in the office.”
If the general public is so worried about each random movement a colleague can make, how can you feel safe just being in your office? Will the average employee feel okay when going into the office break room to get a cup of coffee from the Keurig? Will the average employee feel safe using the copy machine?
It is understandable that precautions should be made. After September 11th, buildings enhanced security by creating key cards to get to the elevator. We want to keep our office clean and safe. But if we are so worried about little movements, is it even safe to be in the office?
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Read the full Wall Street Journal report here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/lockdown-reopen-office-coronavirus-privacy-11588689725
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