Is Your Company Spying on You? The Truth Behind Productivity Tools | Vantage With Palki Sharma

Companies say they’re not spying — just “tracking productivity.” But new tools used by IT giants can monitor every click, pause, and idle moment on your laptop. From software that marks you “away” after 15 minutes to Microsoft Teams updates that reveal your exact office location, digital surveillance at work is quietly becoming normal. Employers claim it improves workflow. Employees fear it’s the new performance appraisal. As workplaces go fully digital, one question remains: are we optimising real productivity, or just the illusion of it? Palki Sharma tells you.