# Wisconsin Company To Implant Microchips In Employees **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947 "2017-07-23T14:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/21 "2017-07-23T19:41:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > From the link. > > Bull. Shit. > There has to be some reason the company will spend $300 per person. > > And when a person quits/gets fired/laid off, who picks up the tab for removal? As far as the $300 a person, companies regularly spend that and more on hiring, training, and equipping their employees. Every where I’ve worked that had swipe cars for security, it was inevitable that every day, someone would forget or lose theirs, and they would have to go through the process of getting a manger to make them a new one. Giving everyone permanent chips eliminates this lost productivity. Just the few seconds every day when an employee pulls out their wallet to retrieve their keycard adds up. I am not sure I am a fan of the idea, but the $300 the company is one of the less suspicious aspects. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/22 "2017-07-23T19:46:18Z")
I assume the company president and CEO are getting the implants too, right? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/23 "2017-07-23T20:34:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I assume the company president and CEO are getting the implants too, right? Nah, it’s already built into their cyborg eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/24 "2017-07-23T21:04:04Z")
Great! Now somebody’s going to chop off my hand to buy to buy a can of Pringles. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/25 "2017-07-23T21:23:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > You have some choice here as well. You can opt not to have the implant. And of course, unless you work for that one company, it’s not even an issue. I meant that I have some choice on a day to day basis. I can have the convenience of the phone, and of it’s location functions, when I want it, but I can choose to not have it when I don’t want it. Not so with an implanted chip. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/26 "2017-07-23T23:09:16Z")
I’m forced to login to my computer several times a day. It gets so annoying. Having a chip that will do that for me? Sign me up. (I’d rather they just put it in my employee badge though) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/27 "2017-07-23T23:10:24Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > So we won’t even have to write up and maintain our own resumes any more. Our entire work history will be right there between our fingertips. Kinda like a Porn-Star when he takes a piss. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/28 "2017-07-23T23:52:14Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I assume the company president and CEO are getting the implants too, right? Don’t they already do that, at least in situations where kidnapping is likely? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/29 "2017-07-23T23:56:18Z")
At least when the employees get lost, the pound can read their chips and return them to their stores. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/30 "2017-07-25T20:52:06Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Don’t they already do that, at least in situations where kidnapping is likely? Why, so if someone comes in claiming to be the long lost missing CEO of MegaOmniCo, they can scan the chip to see if it’s really him? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/31 "2017-07-25T21:10:29Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I’m forced to login to my computer several times a day. It gets so annoying. Having a chip that will do that for me? Sign me up. (I’d rather they just put it in my employee badge though) My computer has a smart card slot in the keyboard; we don’t use them because it’s a colossal security risk if somebody loses his badge. How common are scanners which can read these chips, and what range are we talking about? Could one be mounted on a doorway that people commonly pass through and pick up their information from it, or does it require fairly deliberate placement & contact, like putting your hand onto a reader of some kind? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/32 "2017-07-25T22:17:59Z")
Westworld ran into some labour difficulties when many of its employees were frustrated at having to wait in line to pass security prior to punching in on the clock, when most of them already had chips. The solution was to chip the ones who were not already chipped. If your employer wants to get you chipped, it probably because most of your fellow employees are androids and that you are sheeple. I read somewhere that Rick Deckard has been trying to sort it out. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/33 "2017-07-25T23:02:47Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > So we won’t even have to write up and maintain our own resumes any more. Our entire work history will be right there between our fingertips. I would get mine implanted in my middle finger, just for the satisfaction of flipping the bird anytime I was asked for ID. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/34 "2017-07-26T04:21:59Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > How common are scanners which can read these chips, and what range are we talking about? Could one be mounted on a doorway that people commonly pass through and pick up their information from it, or does it require fairly deliberate placement & contact, like putting your hand onto a reader of some kind? The one my wife got me delivers a little jolt if I try to go into Hooters. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/35 "2017-07-26T04:24:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > The one my wife got me delivers a little jolt if I try to go into Hooters. I do _not_ want to know where it’s implanted. _whimpers and curls up in the fetal position_ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/36 "2017-07-26T04:29:11Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > As far as the $300 a person, companies regularly spend that and more on hiring, training, and equipping their employees. > > Every where I’ve worked that had swipe cars for security, it was inevitable that every day, someone would forget or lose theirs, and they would have to go through the process of getting a manger to make them a new one. Giving everyone permanent chips eliminates this lost productivity. Just the few seconds every day when an employee pulls out their wallet to retrieve their keycard adds up. > > I am not sure I am a fan of the idea, but the $300 the company is one of the less suspicious aspects. When I had a job where I had to swipe my card to enter the building and log onto the computer, I wore the card on a lanyard around my neck. It was always handy. I never had to dig it out of my wallet. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/37 "2017-07-26T06:10:33Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I’m forced to login to my computer several times a day. It gets so annoying. Having a chip that will do that for me? Sign me up. (I’d rather they just put it in my employee badge though) Your badge can be stolen or given to someone else - your own hand, not so much, That said, RFID chips are usually pretty simple and I expect the implementation discussed in the linked article will just be a chip that responds with a supposedly-unique static ID with no encryption or advancing code or anything like that - so probably dead simple for some kid to clone using a smartphone app. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/38 "2017-07-26T10:39:53Z")
How is this more efficient than a fingerprint scanner? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/39 "2017-07-26T13:32:27Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > How is this more efficient than a fingerprint scanner? I don’t wanna touch that thing after _he_ touched it. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947/40 "2017-07-29T18:29:59Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > How is this more efficient than a fingerprint scanner? Print scanners don’t work with gloves or dirty hands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees/791947.md?page=3)