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WAGE SURVEILLIANCE IS HERE! (HOW DESPERATE ARE YOU?) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 6 days ago by the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Cross posted from https://lemmy.ca/post/68973627

Imagine if a company could figure out exactly how desperate you are for a job...

Then use AI to offer you the lowest salary they think you'll accept.

That's the idea behind wage surveillance.

Companies are collecting more data than ever before, from AI interviews and online activity to your location and personal information, all in an effort to make hiring cheaper. The less they think you'll push back, the less they have to pay.

In this video, we're talking about wage surveillance, AI interviews, personalized salary offers, why you should stop oversharing during the hiring process, and how companies are using your own data against you.

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[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

That’s not how it is done.

Freelance nurses are a good example of this already in use. It used to be most freelancers would be recruited or apply to local hospitals. Now there are about 4 apps that hospitals force nurses to use.

These apps use AI to aggregate personal information bought on the open market. They use credit information , purchase information etc. to see how desperate a nurse may be for a job and low ball them. Just had a kid, have high credit card debt, just bought a house or car. All of those would make you desperate to take a job and would allow them to lowball you.

It was impossible to cross reference all of that data by a human. Now with AI they can do it at scale and build personality profiles on wage slaves.

Before you ever applied to that job they already know what kind of wage you’ll accept… You never stood a chance.

[–] tmcgh@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Now isn't this the most dystopian thing I've seen today...geez, the future is bleak.