China tech firm develops controversial IT system that can predict whether an employee is about to resign

A user of professional networking app Maimai said he was fired after his company found out he had been applying for other jobs, using the system. The system, built by Sangfor Technologies, analyses the resignation intentions of employees by looking at their online activities. — SCMP

A Shenzhen-listed company has stirred controversy by developing a system that can predict whether an employee is about to resign by spying on activities, such as browsing job recruitment pages and sending job application emails.

The system, built by Sangfor Technologies, gained public attention after a user on Maimai.cn, a professional networking app, said he was fired after his company found out using the monitoring system that he had been applying for other jobs.