Reasons To Deploy Employee Monitoring Software

All companies - no matter what their size - can monitor every move you make in cyberspace, but not by the boss peering at your computer screen over your shoulder.
Employees' moves can now be tracked by employee monitoring software developed to monitor white-collar productivity online.
Employee monitoring software looks at what employees are doing and tells a manager if what they're doing is work-related or not, and just what that activity is.
The cases below can take place in every company.
An employee maybe spend almost three hours of the working day playing a computer game, such as Solitaire, an employer would investigate further as to whether the employee was bored or addicted to the game.
If the employee was usually a hard worker, the problem could lie elsewhere. Email, too, can be watched using employee monitoring software.
Much employee time is misused with email by users spending excessive time on unnecessary content and also elaborate personal email composition. Personal emailing also accounts for costly use of company bandwidth, with the sending of large multimedia attachments.
Some employees stay glued to Facebook for the entire day, while others only glance at the site for five minutes.
There are other kinds of activities that can consume hours of the working time, such as online shopping, movie & music downloading, porn websites viewing, and so on. Survey indicates that 70% of all online porn access occurs during the 9 to 5 workday.
Some companies tend to block social networking sites altogether with employee monitoring software, there are other ways to get to Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn. Besides, in an environment where sites are blocked, it's not very pleasant for the staff.
Some companies tend to give employees freedom, but counts on them to be responsible.
What is clear is that companies need to monitor any internet leisure sites that employees may be viewing when they should be working, as cyber-loafing becomes an enemy of productivity - just like extended lunch, coffee and smoking breaks.