Tracking technologies aimed at boosting productivity may, conversely, damage it, according to a survey of 1,000 employees and 1,000 managers by 15Five, a performance management vendor.
The company found that more than one-third of managers surveyed said that monitoring had no impact on productivity, while one-quarter said that monitoring led employees to seek new jobs and 20% said that monitoring led employees to act out or sabotage their organizations.
15Five’s survey measured employee and managerial responses to several types of productivity tracking technologies, including webcam surveillance, browser activity monitoring, mouse and keystroke tracking as well as monitoring of employees through applications like Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, Zoom and Slack, according to Adam Weber, the company’s senior VP of community.
