“Having that conversation put it on the back of my mind – they are looking at these scores.” There’s got to be a level of trust beyond screenshotsĪlthough Hubstaff states that the statistics should be understood in the context of the role, and warns against unrealistic activity goals, Mae says her manager has asked her about her scores and compared them with those of other employees. “Tracking doesn’t allow for thinking time or stepping away and coming back to work – it’s very intense.” It feels liberating to turn it off. Mae says she often has dry eyes and a sore head at the end of the working day. Some, such as CleverControl and FlexiSPY offer webcam monitoring and audio recording. She works remotely in marketing at a company where surveillance has become part of the job.Įmployees use Hubstaff, one of the myriad monitoring tools that companies turned to as the Covid pandemic forced many to work remotely. Mae, who is in her 20s, was one of many workers who got in touch with the Guardian to share their experience of being monitored.

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