MIT Technology Review February 25, 2025
It’s less about productivity and more about control, Rebecca Ackermann writes.
Opaque algorithms meant to analyze worker productivity have been rapidly spreading through our workplaces, as detailed in a new must-read piece by Rebecca Ackermann, published Monday in MIT Technology Review.
Since the pandemic, lots of companies have adopted software to analyze keystrokes or detect how much time workers are spending at their computers. The trend is driven by a suspicion that remote workers are less productive, though that’s not broadly supported by economic research. Still, that belief is behind the efforts of Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Office of Personnel Management to roll back remote work for US federal employees.
The focus on remote workers, though, misses...
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