Companies that Do this Have Sacrificed Employee Trust

​A recent study by ExpressVPN has proven that a shockingly high number of employers do not trust their employees.
 
To the tune of 78%.
 
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨:
 
💠 Capturing keystrokes.
💠 Counting emails sent.
💠 Logging visited websites.
💠 Regularly taking screen shots.
 
A technological step-up from having employees provide constant status updates.
 
Or asking employees to stay logged-into a video call all day while working from home.
 
Potentially under the pretense of needing the employee available to answer questions.
 
But often blatantly stating that it is to monitor people to ensure they’re working.
 
Make no mistake – thinking that surveillance of any kind improves quality and productivity actually does the very opposite.
 
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨:
 
📌 Trust and autonomy.
 
It is not 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 a good practice, particularly at a time when employee turnover is rampant.
 
It also clearly indicates leaders that do not know how to manage their people.
 
And organizations that have not trained those leaders.
 
✅ Because neither face time nor surveillance is required to know whether an employee is performing or not.
 
Instead, if the focus is on results, managers will be able to measure performance.
 
Whether the employee is sitting 20 feet- or 1,000 miles away.
 
It is no surprise that remote workers generally report better balance and higher productivity, if they are trusted to do their work, and not expected to be available at all hours.  
 
The opposite is true of those being surveilled, in whatever fashion.
 
And employers that continue the practice, will continue to lose employees.