Employee monitoring software can keep your workforce accountable and productive, but it can also reduce morale and promote distrust. Consider the risks.
The COVID-19 -forced experiment in letting employees work at home is changing the landscape of employment.
Preventative practices have recently evolved from letting employees work from home temporarily to limit their exposure to the virus to adopting some form of working-from-home on a permanent basis.
Companies like Twitter and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company plan to continue allowing employees to work remotely after the pandemic.
With that major shift, some employers are seeking technologies to assure that their employees are remaining productive amid such potential distractions, such as children clamoring for help with homework, a plumber arriving to fix a broken kitchen pipe or myriad other challenges.