workplace monitoring

Watching workers work

Workplace monitoring is the practice of employers tracking employee activities, productivity, or communications.

This includes surveillance cameras, computer monitoring software, email scanning, and time-tracking systems.

The practice has expanded with remote work: The company's workplace monitoring software tracks keystrokes and takes periodic screenshots.

It raises ongoing debates about privacy, trust, and productivity measurement.

Related

privacy concerns · motion sensors · email filtering · time tracking · network analysis · CCTV · productivity software · performance metrics · burnout

Categories
Opposites
surveillance vs. autonomy

workplace monitoringemployee privacy

Protection of worker personal information

personal privacy · privacy protection · self-direction · independent work · privacy rights

control vs. trust

workplace monitoringflat hierarchy

Organization with few levels

transparency of worker vs. transparency of employer

workplace monitoringcorporate accountability

Firms' obligation for conduct

whistleblower protection

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G