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Workplace monitoring is still out of control – employees are stressed out, dejected, and rebelling against surveillance tools by using ‘mouse jigglers’
One-in-five workers is now being monitored by an activity tracker, new research shows, and it’s not doing much for employee morale. Tracked employees are 73% more likely to distrust their employer and twice as likely to be job-hunting as those who aren’t tracked, according to analysis from Software Finder. Meanwhile, three-quarters of workers whose location isn’t tracked say they’d be…
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Zoom launches new AI companion features for workplace platform
Zoom has announced ‘AI Companion 2.0’ along with a raft of customization features as the video conferencing firm looks to expand its workplace offering. The updated AI tool comes with a few changes to the base product as well as some additional features that work in conjunction with Zoom’s AI companion to give it the functionality of a copilot. For…
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The Best Tools to Create a Secure Workplace for Remote Work
Secure workplace tools for remote and hybrid environments solve multiple problems for IT teams and workers alike. Often falling within the realm of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), these tools put remote software security, remote application access, and identity and access management together in one package in a way that helps businesses save money versus having a larger tech stack of…
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Hybrid workers aren’t disconnected from office colleagues — they’re happier, more productive, and have better workplace relationships
Flexible and hybrid work models have a marked positive impact on employee productivity and foster better connections between staff and management, according to research from Zoom. A survey commissioned by the firm exploring the rise of hybrid work models, their impact, and the strategic imperatives driving changes in working arrangements found the majority (64%) of enterprises had already implemented a…
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