How companies spy on their employees as they push return-to-office - from monitoring badge swipes to tracking breaks

Many employees swipe their badges to get in or out of their offices, and that data has become a gold mine for companies enforcing return-to-office mandates.

Accounting giant PwC recently told staff in the UK they must spend at least three days a week in the office or with clients starting in January.

Amazon has started tracking and sharing individual office attendance records, allowing employees to see their own "Badge Report" of when they entered the office.

Goldman Sachs has also used employee ID swipes to track who goes to the office and ultimately help crack down on employees who weren't working in the office enough.

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