Listed companies supervise home employees and capture faces every 5 minutes?
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Recently, some netizens broke the news on Maimai that Suntech takes photos of faces every 5 minutes while employees are working from home. No one dared to go to the toilet."
Some netizens said in their replies that Suntech had implemented similar monitoring measures as early as the beginning of the epidemic.
On Weibo, some netizens also broke the news that Suntech requires employees to install computer monitoring software overnight and automatically take screenshots every 5 minutes.
Moreover, the monitoring software only supports windows system, and employees using mac need to install a virtual machine to facilitate company monitoring.
The Red Star Capital Bureau called the number announced by Suntech in the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, but the number was empty.
The Red Star Capital Bureau contacted the staff of Suntech and asked about the company's supervision of employees during the home office. The other party said that the company has a strict external voice process, and it needs internal communication before replying.
According to Jiemian, Suntech responded that due to the severe epidemic situation in Beijing, in response to the government's instructions on employees working from home, in order to ensure employees' work efficiency, the company adopted emergency management measures for working from home during the epidemic, and in the case of employees' informed consent Under the software, employees install the software themselves to work.
During working hours, the software will randomly check the working status of employees.
The remote office measure is currently in the trial operation stage. Personal time such as meals and breaks for employees is not part of working time, and no random checks will be made.
According to public information, Suntech was founded in 2003, focusing on adult vocational and academic examinations, skills training, international education and interest training. The training content involves self-examination, MBA, teacher qualification certificate, accounting and other projects.
The company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018.
On April 8, Suntech released its 2021 annual report. The company's total revenue in 2021 was 2.508 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%; its net profit was 212 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 149.28%.
This is the first full-year profit for Suntech since 2015.
From 2015 to 2020, Suntech has accumulated a loss of 3 billion yuan.
On May 4, local time, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it would add 88 Chinese concept stocks to the "pre-delisting" list, including 7 education companies, including Suntech.
According to the requirements of the SEC, companies that entered the "pre-delisting" list this time can submit a defense before May 25, otherwise they will enter the "determined delisting" list.
Since the annual report was released, Suntech's share price has fluctuated and fell. As of the close of U.S. stocks on May 9, Suntech's share price fell 9.58% to $3.02.