The surveillance tech waiting for workers as they return to the office
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from Ars Technica1 day ago
The article discusses the rise of warehouse-style employee tracking technologies targeting office workers amid a return-to-office trend. Companies like JP Morgan Chase and Amazon are leading mandates requiring employees to return to in-person work. Analysts note that the slowdown in the economy and the advent of AI have led CEOs to emphasize productivity and monitoring, as they struggle to measure output remotely. This entrenches workplace surveillance, leveraging technologies like biometric readers and GPS applications, driving both employee tracking and heightened employer frustration over remote work efficacy.
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.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/02/the-surveillance-tech-waiting-for-workers-as-they-return-to-the-office/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fremoteworking
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.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/02/the-surveillance-tech-waiting-for-workers-as-they-return-to-the-office/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fremoteworking
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