The surveillance tech waiting for workers as they return to the office
Briefly

The rise of warehouse-style employee tracking technology is increasingly influencing office environments as companies enforce return-to-office mandates. Amidst a slowing economy and the adoption of AI projects, the pressure on employees to demonstrate productivity intensifies. Notable companies like JP Morgan Chase and Amazon are leading this trend, indicating a broader societal shift where accountability is heightened. The change appears mainly driven by difficulties in measuring remote productivity, suggesting a renewed focus on monitoring methods previously reserved for other industries.
Scan the online brochures of companies who sell workplace monitoring tech and you'd think the average American worker was a renegade poised to take their employer down at the next opportunity.
The expectation amongst CEOs is that's going to eliminate a lot of jobs. A lot of these back-to-work mandates are due to frustration that both of those initiatives are hard to measure.
Read at Ars Technica
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