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What’s up, digital fugitives,

Ever notice how your laptop went from being a tool to a tattletale?
Half of us are basically carrying around corporate ankle monitors disguised as Dell Inspirons.

Think of it as Big Brother, but with worse UX. Instead of dystopian gray jumpsuits, you just get anxiety every time the mouse stops moving.

That’s surveillance creep.

You’re not working from home, you’re starring in a low-budget reality show called Keeping Up with the KPIs. And the ratings? Tanking harder than Quibi.

Welcome to the new workplace, where your webcam is the HR intern, your keystrokes are audit trails, and the only thing you own is your browser history (until IT screenshots it).

🧨 THE RANT

Surveillance Creep - The New Management Style

Surveillance creep is corporate duct tape for managers who peaked in middle school hall monitoring.

It patches together broken leadership by pretending that watching you scroll equals actual management skills. It's like putting a Band-Aid on a severed limb, except the Band-Aid costs $50K annually and sends Kevin passive-aggressive reports about your "idle time."

Spoiler alert: Kevin from upper management still thinks "pivot" is a business strategy, calls every problem a "challenge," and runs meetings like a hostage negotiation where everyone loses. He couldn't manage a lemonade stand without three consultants and a synergy workshop, but hey, at least he can tell you that you spent 37 seconds looking at a meme about cats.

Kevin's leadership philosophy: "I may not know what you're supposed to be doing, but I'll damn sure know when you're not doing it."

And apparently, Kevin's not alone in this brilliant strategy.

By the end of 2025, 70% of large companies will monitor employees with tools that track everything from your emails to how long you stare blankly at Excel (relatable). Meanwhile, the employee monitoring market is projected to hit $12.5 billion by 2032.

Truth Be Told…

The real risk isn't slacking off, it's being treated like a criminal who hasn't committed a crime yet.

Remember that $12.5 billion surveillance industry we mentioned? Well, they're not just watching your browser tabs anymore. 61% of large organizations now use AI-powered monitoring, facial recognition, keystroke logging, algorithms that can supposedly predict if you're about to slack off based on how you breathe.

To clarify: The robots are judging your typing rhythm and finding you guilty of future crimes.

Meanwhile, 61% of large organizations now use AI-powered monitoring, facial recognition, keystroke logging, predictive behavior flags. Translation? The algorithm is pretty sure your bathroom break means you’re plotting treason.

Employees aren’t fooled. 72% say surveillance has no positive impact on their work. Half feel anxious, nearly half call it invasion, and 54% would quit if it gets worse. 

Executives look at all this distrust, pat themselves on the back, and say, “We’ve improved productivity.”

📊 DATA THEY HOPE YOU IGNORE

Only 22% of employees know what’s actually being monitored.

More than a third of employees report declining mental health from surveillance. In the UK, 71% say it’s outright unethical.

Imagine that, treating your workforce like suspects doesn’t exactly build loyalty. Who knew?

All this data basically says the same thing: bosses invested in spyware, workers invested in mouse jigglers, and trust is on life support.

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💬 Real Talk

Here’s the harsh truth: the problem isn’t that employees are lazy, it’s that surveillance assumes they are.

Surveillance creep turns every normal human pause, bathroom, lunch, staring into space to remember why you exist, into a red flag. That constant suspicion doesn’t motivate; it corrodes.

This is what “productivity paranoia” looks like up close. Workers faking activity, leadership mistaking green dots for engagement, and everyone pretending the digital panopticon is normal.

The reality? If they don’t trust you, the software won’t fix it. It just proves the distrust was baked in from the start.

Use this surveillance circus to sharpen your boundaries, document the absurdity, and prepare for the inevitable backlash. When the laws, unions, or lawsuits catch up, the companies that doubled down on spyware will look like Blockbuster trying to stream.

Which brings us to…

💡 POWER MOVES OF THE WEEK

If surveillance at work feels inescapable, don’t confuse being watched with being powerless.

Here’s how to flip the script with tools, tactics, and leverage: