23 WFH employees quit after billionaire John Morgan installs laptop camera to monitor remote workers | Today’s news
Working remotely may not be as easy as it seems when a full-time cameraman is trying to ensure focused work. Although this can often lead to increased performance, the organization’s need to ensure productivity infringes on the WFH employee’s right to privacy. American billionaire John Morgan has revealed that 23 of his employees resigned after he began monitoring their productivity through laptop cameras.
The billionaire Orlando lawyer, founder of America’s largest law firm, Morgan & Morgan, made a series of controversial remarks on The Iced Coffee Hour podcast about the need to monitor employee activity.
Speaking to the podcast hosts, Morgan said that most people today avoid hard work. Morgan shared an anecdote on the podcast to prove his point. The 70-year-old suggested that people want to telecommute because they want less supervision and responsibility, and was pleased that nearly two dozen of his employees quit in the first week his personal injury firm instituted a work-from-home policy.
Recalling the incident that made him such a big claim, he said, “This is what we’re going to do,” Morgan recalled on the podcast. “You can work from home, but guess what? We’re going to put a camera on your computer.”
Recalling his personal experience, he stated, “We’re not going to look at you,” he added, “You’re going to be a pixel.” As a result, he concluded, “It’s not that they don’t want to work from home,” adding, “They don’t want to work.” He interpreted the incident as evidence that many employees seeking telecommuting want less responsibility rather than flexibility and don’t want to offer the level of work expected of them.
More about John Morgan
Born on March 31, 1956 in Lexington, Kentucky to Ramon Morgan and Patricia Morgan, he is the oldest of five children. John Morgan boasts a real-time net worth of $1.5 billion and is ranked 2656th on the list of the richest people in the world according to Forbes. Morgan started a personal injury law firm in 1988 after his younger brother Tim was paralyzed in a diving accident as a teenage lifeguard at a Disney resort.
His firm, Morgan & Morgan, has been involved in a number of high-profile legal cases, including the Daytona Beach Rollercoaster Incident, the Tampa Walgreens Sexual Harassment case, the $22 million case against Healogics Inc., a major lawsuit against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company in 2018, and a class action lawsuit against data broker Exactis.
A former major donor to the Democratic Party, he served as Treasury Chairman for former President Bill Clinton. A few months ago, he founded the centrist Common Ground Party.
