The coronavirus pandemic has forced about a third of U.S. Such rationales are increasingly ringing throughout workplaces nationwide. She spoke on the condition of anonymity, fearing she could lose her job.Ĭompany emails that she provided to NPR show her employer believed the tracking software would improve the team's productivity and efficiency while everyone was working from home. There was no reason to start location-tracking us," the woman told NPR. They also had to download an app called TSheets to their phones to keep tabs on their whereabouts during work hours.
Some workers say they feel like their privacy is being compromised.Īfter two weeks of working from her Brooklyn apartment, a 25-year-old e-commerce worker received a staffwide email from her company: Employees were to install software called Hubstaff immediately on their personal computers so it could track their mouse movements and keyboard strokes, and record the webpages they visited. With more people working remotely, companies are turning to technology that tracks what employees are doing all day on their computers.
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