Sensors Under The Desk, Is Big Brother Really Watching?

One side of the coin is, Big Brother May Be Watching, while the other side of the coin touts the benefits to improving the workspace by tracking how employees use their office spaces and amenity areas. From an SIOR Article published June 16, 2022, “How Sensor Technology Is Helping Design the Workspace”, ‘temperature sensors from Disruptive Technologies were stuck underneath 230 employee desks and more than 20 conference rooms in two offices and one operation center.’ The sensors could tell when an employee was sitting at their desk or in a conference room, and for how long. “The client moved away from personal desks towards an office design with more flexible workspaces, which were designed to align with actual office usage.’ The objective, of course, was increased productivity and employee job satisfaction.