The Ethics of AI-driven Workforce Surveillance

In a nutshell, any managers' value can be correlated to their team's efficiency and productivity. It can be argued that besides using sophisticated strategies, many managers also rely on their gut feeling to assess employees and treat them accordingly. With the pandemic forcing remote work upon the majority of businesses, this approach has become largely irrelevant. It has become increasingly hard for managers to monitor employee productivity without direct communication, which dramatically increased the demand for remote surveillance solutions. However, the notion of advanced employee monitoring has been around for ages.