Gage is a new app that keeps a public social credit score on your work habits. “Gagework has introduced what is essentially a social credit score for employees.”
https://thewinepress.substack.com/p/tech-startup-introduces-social-credit
Users say it feels like “Yelp for humans.”
Managers can rate your teamwork, energy, or even mood during a huddle. You might lose points for not giving enough virtual kudos or calling in sick. Employers may deny you future roles based on that score alone. No official health claim or payroll metric needed.
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Virtual “high fives” count as performance
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Sick leave penalties feel arbitrary
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Feedback becomes public, permanent
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System enables influence by mood or bias
A rare new detail: Gage profiles are transferable between jobs, linking past scores to future applications, something seldom reported. Reddit users mock the app as “American work culture going toxic” and warn it shifts control from HR to peer surveillance.
https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1meaw4x/so_this_is_an_employee_social_credit_score_called/
This isn’t just tracking attendance. It embeds subjective approval in performance metrics. That clash between measured behavior and genuine work ethic is the real underreported risk here.