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Tesco tracked workers' bathroom breaks

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Dystopian sci-fi has officially arrived in the retail logistics sector. In a terrifying pursuit of peak economic efficiency, the British supermarket chain Tesco forced warehouse workers to wear biometric armbands that aggressively monitored their every movement. The devices calculated exactly how long it took employees to load goods, and brutally docked pay if bathroom breaks exceeded the algorithm.

Tesco tracked workers' bathroom breaks
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