“I worked seven days in a row and even the dawn,” says Ita, fired at the Ministry of the Interior

The man who had worked for almost 10 years in the bank was on the list of cuts; Mobilized layoffs.

Marcos (fictitious name) has worked for almost ten years in Italy in the technological area. Has been promoted and assigned for performance. However, it was fired this week on charges of low productivity in the Ministry of the Interior.

When the news came, he was not exactly unexpected.

He had just learned that a colleague had been turned off. Shortly after, his coordinator asked when he would go to the office: Marcos worked on a hybrid regime and went to the place only from time to time. Upon arrival, he was brought to a different room than usual, where he knew his resignation.

He asked the BBC News Brasil to preserve his real name as he is looking for a new job.

The official reason asserted by his supervisor was “low productivity in the Ministry of the Interior, linked to the time of the screen”.

“I worked over the weekend, more than seven consecutive days. In the last six months. Even so, it was stated that I had a low productivity.”

Marcos was on the list of cuts promoted to the bank at the beginning of this week and mobilized the banking Union of San Paolo, Osasco and Region. Ita does not reveal the total number, but the union speaks of at least 1,000 offspring.

The reason for layoffs would be a productivity problem, with employees of the Ministry of the Interior who work less effective hours than the company’s work platform.

“In some cases, the standards have been identified incompatible with our trusted principles, which are not negotiable for the bank,” says Italy’s declaration to press vehicles.

But how do you media about this productivity of remote workers?

The company considers the use of mouse or keyboard, authorized software, if it went into video calls, sent messages, followed distance learning courses, among other metrics.

There are exceptions for this check: according to the company, the monitoring policy does not allow to acquire screens, audio or video.

Ita said that this hybrid model, adopted since 2022, offers employees greater autonomy. But it also requires travel control.

The bank states that this control was foreseen in the internal policies signed by the employees and in accordance with the unions.

But Marcos says that this monitoring was never clear.

“We suspected because there are many monitoring on our computers. But we didn’t know they monitored clicks, alt tab, scrolling, time in meeting, things like that,” he said.

“Several times I had lunch in front of the computer because I could not stop at that moment, then I took off the lunch break later. So even it was not seen.”

The bank claims to have identified a minority of workers with low digital activities levels and that this would be standard behavior, not a punctual situation. Some people would have systematically worked only 20% of the time.

Marcos complains that he does not have the opportunity to demonstrate that he has worked full -time without pauses.

“I can’t even try it, because I haven’t seen my percentage (working time). I heard it was 80% out of the car. I know I never worked only two hours and then I stayed elsewhere. I’ve always done my eight hours. We have not seen the platform, we don’t know how it is. So we only got suspicious and we wanted to know why. Why were these people chosen, how were they chosen? “

According to him, the cuts were made abruptly, without previous dialogues. “There were no feedback. It wasn’t warned, he spoke. He rolled a machete and who had the leg underlying was cut,” he said.

“It’s worrying. A moment comes when we realize that the Ministry of the Interior give us as an advantage, but in the end they find an excuse that makes no sense. My coordinator said I was productive and that he had no intention of doing it.”

Marcos claims not to think about elaborating the company and is already looking for new jobs. “We know that this burns a little on the market. I am young and I think it does not worth it.”

Did transparency be missing in the reasons that led to layoffs in Italy?

The Banking Union of San Paolo, Osasco and the Region have questioned Itaú on the lack of transparency in the measures adopted. And he says that the number of layoffs is excessive, disproportionate and unjustifiable.

The organization also states that “it is unreasonable to use monitoring and surveillance mechanisms to justify mass cuts. It is necessary to establish clear limits for digital surveillance, since this type of practice can generate excessive pressure, affect mental health and create an oppressive work environment”.

For the lawyer specialized in labor law and professor at the Law of the FGV Rio Paulo Renato Fernandes da Silva, it is the right of the employer supervise employees.

“If the employee works at home, inside the company or within a customer, in theory, the company continues to supervise.”

It underlines, however, that it is recommended that the contracts deal with how this monitoring will be performed.

“It is very important that contracts create, for example, clauses that explain that there is some type of control. It is recommended. The form of control, in theory, must be combined with the worker. So that it can correspond to that situation. It is a sort of good faith, loyalty, transparency, duties inherent in the employment contract.”

Remember that the Brazilian law provides that the employee can be deactivated at any time, without the need to communicate the reason. But there are good practices adopted by companies, such as giving the employee more expiry, talking in advance with the worker, offering training courses, among other options.

What did the bank on layoffs say?

Ita confirmed the layoffs in a note and said she “derive from a careful revision of the remote work and the recording of the travel”.

He also said that “in some cases, the standards have been identified incompatible with our principles of trust, which are not negotiable for the bank” and that “these decisions are part of a responsible management process and aim to preserve our culture and the relationship of trust that we build with customers, employees and companies”.

He also stressed that the monitoring of digital activities supported several internal policies and signed by its employees not only in their work contracts, but also in the removal of corporate equipment, among other things.

Source: Terra

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