The main point is this is a very, very big problem he said. Work and surveillance go hand in hand. If they want to measure productivity, or ensure it, there is some level of data gathering that is going to be perceived as justified for the employer, and yet, you cant simply say, This is for work so they get to do it, because that just destroys the attempt to have a boundary between work and life.
That said, its unlikely your employer has assigned someone from the corporate security team to monitor every minute you spend on your computer, experts said. That level of data collection would be overwhelming, and, while most companies have protocols for targeted surveillance, the truth is your employer probably has bigger fish to fry.
Without supporting evidence, at scale this is pretty rare, Jesse Krembs, a senior information security analyst at The New York Times, told Wirecutter last year. It tends to generate a lot of useless data, rope the employer into liability issues, and generally make the team that monitors these surveillance systems miserable. That being said, almost all large companies have a targeted program for doing this, especially for dealing with suspected insider threat or fraud.
Still, dont get complacent. As a rule of thumb, just dont do anything on a work-issued device you wouldnt want your manager to know about.
For those fortunate enough to still have a job, deadlines must still be hit, presentations must still be created, and papers must still be written. Worse still, research has shown that for many people, the workday has gotten even longer by nearly 50 minutes, according to one recent study.
If we already thought that there was no separation between work and home, were really struggling now that were basically living at work, said Ashley Whillans, the author of Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life and an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.
You probably know all of the standard advice: If youre able to, work in a separate area from where you spend your leisure time. Try to set limits for when you start and stop working for the day. Dont look at your work email in the evening.read more
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