So-called ‘bossware’ has its uses, but too much of it in your workplace could backfire, badly.

BY KIT EATON @KITEATON

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In an age of ubiquitous digital workplace tools that can help with pretty much every task, it can be tempting for employers to lean into monitoring apps that keep a weather eye on exactly what employees are doing during work hours. There’s an argument for this kind of surveillance, since it can help accurate task tracking for accounting reasons, and spot people who are genuinely slacking off or being problematic in other ways, or who may even be suffering mental health issues like work-related burnout or

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