It all boils down to trust. If you can't trust the ones you hired to do the job then you know. But then again you can't just fire people because they suck. You have to have a reason. That means as a boss I have to do all sorts of stupid paperwork every time an employee breaks the slightest rule. Now the powers that be have some sort of paper trail proving they suck.

I for one dislike the babysitting these companies are doing.

I've often said that we've infantilized the modern worker. Throw in some "fun" perks like video games and foosball tables, create a college-like work culture, and suddenly your employees stop feeling like adults that deserve fair treatment and pay and instead feel like children that look up to and follow authority blindly and rarely ask to be treated and paid like an expert in their field.

This kind of crap with spying on employees is just the other side of the coin. Employers feel more like parents that need to keep track of all their kids in case they do anything bad instead of trusting workers to do their jobs profesionally.

I think if most people were made aware of this kind of spying they'd rarely make a fuss these days. It's just mom and dad making sure they stay out of trouble. God forbid we demand to be treated like adults.