Corona virus: companies that use programs to monitor their employees while working from home

Shaybu Philip admits that he knows the meaning of "wasting some time while working".

And Chipo is the founder of "Trangs", a small company located in the British capital, London, that buys wholesale cosmetics and then re -offers for sale on Internet platforms.

Shaybu has been using a year and a half ago a program known as "Habstaf" to track his employees' working hours, and the number of clicks on the keyboard, as well as the sites that the employee browses.

Although he has seven employees in India, he says that the program guarantees "the availability of a certain level of accountability", and also helps in filling timing differences.

"I know myself, (you can) take an additional 10 -minute break here or there, it is good for me to have an automatic method that I watch (my employees)"..

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He adds: "I know by looking at the screenshots, and the amount of time each person took to perform certain tasks, whether they follow the procedures or not.".

He says: "If their work comes better than I expected, then I also study the pictures and ask them for this experience with the rest of the work team so that we can all improve performance.".

Shepo adds that the employees are fully aware that the program is used and can delete the time taken to visit the internet sites that may have been recorded by chance during the break, for example.

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In the presence of a very large number of employees who perform their work from home, more than ever, due to the Korona virus pandem.

The United States -based Hipsfa says that the number of its customers in Britain has increased four times on an annual basis since February..

Another company called "Snick" offers a technology that takes pictures of employees through their laptop cameras and download them to share it with colleagues.

The program can take pictures of every minute often, although the company describes itself as a platform for communication and says, "Everyone on the application has the same experience, whether it is a employee or an employee.".

Del Curry, co -founder of the company, told the BBC that he witnessed an increase of five times in the number of users due to the closing period.

A recent study conducted by academics at Cardiff University and Southampton University showed that the joint fear of managers is that employees who are far from view are "evading responsibility", although the closure does not seem to have been greatly influencing productivity.

The study also indicated that the third of the workers at home felt that their productivity also fell.

But is technology a way to monitor these zombies at work or to help those who make their best efforts to adapt to work from the kitchen table completely?

"I will feel tight if someone is watching me."

Joshe.

Josh faced a major challenge in creating a temporary studio in his apartment kitchen, consisting of three bedrooms, but he kept his utmost efforts and motivated himself.

He says: "On some days I used to go beyond everything, but in other days I was sitting and staring at a pair of sandals for a while and I am thinking (I cannot do that), it is very easy to go and wash clothes or bring a cup of tea, and you find what distracts youQuite easily ".

He expresses his gratitude to his boss because he did not use any monitoring program, and he says: "In those days when it was difficult to exist what motivates me, I would have felt short if I knew that someone was watching my productivity.".

Josh has always doubted that he suffers from attention and hyperactivity (ADHD), which makes it difficult to focus with time management.His doctor agrees to this, although Josh is still on the waiting list.

He says, after he returned to his recent work from the office, praising the existence of more direct interaction between individuals: "I find a routine and a really firm structure that helps me to overcome everything.".

Monitoring should be "relative"

Although some of the presidents who use this type of program say it is useful for maintaining the productivity of the work, the study conducted by the Carted Institute for Individuals and Development indicates that monitoring the workplace can destroy confidence.

"The employee's behavior monitoring can be a justified method to reduce the risk of misconduct and possibly help in managing performance," says Johnny Gifford, chief adviser to the Institute for Organizational Behavior Research..

He adds: "Nevertheless, employers must have clear policies in order for employees to know how they can be monitored, and more importantly, they must be relative.".

He adds that employers will get "much better results" by supporting employees, "instead of focusing on work input standards that are likely to be related, such as the number of clicking on the keyboard".

Jonathan Rene, a partner at the British law firm "TLT", also urged companies that are considering providing such programs to be careful..

He says: "The employers have to be an implicit legal duty to maintain the confidence of their employees and a sense of reassurance, and they must be aware of how employees react to the spread of monitoring programs.".

It suggests that any company that uses monitoring programs must have written policies explaining how and why these programs are used.

He added that clear guidelines must be available to managers and guarantees that prevent misuse or "overeating"..