The memo from PwC to its 26,000 UK employees detailed that the firm will implement geo-location technology to refine their hybrid working strategy, heralding increased workplace monitoring as an ongoing trend.
Professor Kevin Murphy described the effort by various companies to track employees as 'the latest in a series of increasingly sinister salvos' regarding the rise of electronic surveillance.
With the expansion of remote work post-pandemic, a surge in workplace monitoring has emerged, and it's projected that 70% of large companies will be monitoring their employees by next year.
Various methods of employee monitoring are being used—ranging from keystroke logging to video recording—often conducted without employees' knowledge, raising significant concerns about privacy and ethical implications.
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