Long time lurker, first time poster.
How do I tell my boss as diplomatically as possible* that I refuse to start using a time tracking app that also tracks location, and this is a nonnegotiable boundary for me? (*It’s a small town and a niche industry. I can’t burn this bridge or rage quit right now.) We’re doing office type work here; I’ve never had to track hours down to the minute except at places like big box retailers in my teens and early 20s. Boss’s shady CPA who runs payroll put them onto this app essentially just to make payroll easier for themselves without regard for what the employees want or feel comfortable with.
Also: My boss is anti-work from home for no discernible reason other than they perceive that they won’t have 100% control when we WFH. Once again, the shady CPA planted a seed of doubt on this subject, though I’m not sure why. Boss acts like my job could not possibly translate to WFH, when 98% of my work is on a computer, and I started as a contractor who worked from home. (!!)
I’m already doing too much work for too little pay and my brain is at or beyond its bandwidth. Please help me figure out how to explain to my boss why there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell I’ll ever use a micromanage-y, Big Brother’s watching -ass timekeeping app, nor let them strong-arm me into not being able to WFH (as a person with disabilities who needs to WFH about once a week).
Other notes: We’re very small (<20 employees); no HR department yet/still.
I need this job until year end, if possible, despite seeing red flags everywhere I turn. (More than mentioned here.) Bout to lose my cool.