Nowadays, technology is increasingly being used to monitor what people are saying and doing. In many cases, the people being monitored are unaware that this is happening. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

Technology has taken over the world by storm, and are even implemented at our workplaces in various forms. In today's world, the installation of technology to monitor

employees

performance

and what they are communicating have truly spurred argument between them and their employers.

This

essay will discuss why the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. On one hand, in today's fast-paced world, as more and more

employees

are being hired, it is very difficult to monitor each one of them and evaluate his or her

performance

. In

such

cases, if workers are using their working hours to do any personal activities, the employer is generally not aware of the same, which ultimately

results

in poor

performance

.

For example

, according to a survey, it was found that in many advertising agencies, when the higher management secretly started monitoring the search history of the subordinates, it was found, most of them have been using Facebook or were doing window shopping in various online websites in their working hours.

Moreover

, due to all these activities, people get distracted from their work easily, which often

results

in bad

performance

and client complaints.

This

leads to a bad reputation of the company as a whole and disrupts future business possibilities.

However

, all of these can be controlled through robust evaluation factors and strong cyber policies.

On the other hand

, monitoring the

employees

with the help of the security cameras and

also

tapping their calls can cause a lot of disruption among

employees

, as they often feel their privacy are being invaded. It causes more serious issues if they are not aware that they are being monitored.

Moreover

,

this

also

results

in raising consciousness among them.

For example

, when they are on calls with their clients, they are too conscious of what they are saying and often put them in a predicament. Having said that, there is always a negative ambience in the workplace as people are not comfortable working in

such

a culture.

Hence

this

results

in a high level of attrition. To conclude, the advantages of monitoring the workers can be controlled by implementing good evaluation measures and cyber policies,

however

, the negative side of it cannot be controlled as people will always be uncomfortable and too much conscious working in

such

a negative environment, which will eventually result in a lot of them leaving the organization.