TikTok Under Fire for Tracking Employees' Office Attendance with MyRTO Software

TikTok is tracking employees' office attendance with new tool called MyRTO.
MyRTO monitors badge swipes and asks for explanations of deviations from in-person attendance.
After requiring 3 office days a week last year, TikTok threatened to fire workers with mismatched home/office addresses.
TikTok previously criticized for using app to track users via GPS, now monitoring own employees.
Managers increasingly using software to monitor remote and hybrid workers' productivity and attendance.

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