Other managers take a more low-tech approach, insisting on constant status updates, Green said.
“How these managers are going to get anything done themselves in the midst of all these updates is another question,” she said.
Employers so worried about workers’ every moves might have a bigger issue to deal with, said Sutton of software maker Teramind.
“It’s not about spying on the user,” Sutton said. “If you hired them, you should trust them. If you don’t, they have no reason to be part of the organization.”
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