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The Productivity Cost of Workplace Surveillance
Lucas and Luna examine the hidden productivity penalty of workplace surveillance software. Drawing on a 2025 study from the University of Oxford's Internet Institute, they break down the specific numbers: monitored workers are 12 percent less productive in complex problem-solving tasks, and employee turnover is 8 percent higher in surveilled firms. The episode contrasts two tech companies — one that installed keystroke logging and saw a 14 percent drop in code quality, and another that eliminated all monitoring and saw voluntary bug-reporting rise 30 percent. Lucas argues the…
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