Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers
Two things:<p>Productivity is going to plunge no matter what, with the possible exception of singles who don’t have roommates.  There is no way that during an ad hoc and unorganized push to work remote (though necessary in this circumstance) can result in good productivity, monitoring or not.  Under the best of circumstances it would take months for a mass of people to adjust and be productive.<p>The apex for open office design was reached and we’ll go back to something more normal.  It’s funny people derided “cubicle farms” but we’re more or less okay being in a “bullpen” like setting cuz it was sold as being counter cultural and cool.