Algorithmic Manager: The Surveillance of the Modern Workplace: Productivity, Microseconds, and the Psychological Toll of Automated Corporate Tracking - Softcover

Thorne, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3565418621 ISBN 13: 9783565418626

Publisher: epubli, 2026

Synopsis

The modern corporate office has quietly transformed into a hyper-monitored, digital panopticon. While employees believe they are simply typing emails or taking routine calls, highly sophisticated artificial intelligence is actively monitoring their keystrokes, analyzing their facial expressions through webcams, and tracking their physical location within the building. The human manager has been replaced by cold, ruthless algorithmic oversight. This analysis deconstructs the terrifying proliferation of "bossware" and automated productivity tracking. You will explore how major corporations utilize specialized software to measure employee output down to the microsecond, penalizing workers for momentary pauses and bathroom breaks. By reducing human labor to a series of heavily scrutinized data points, these systems strip away workplace autonomy, instantly triggering severe chronic stress, extreme burnout, and a profoundly toxic corporate culture based entirely on digital fear. Dismantle the dangerous illusion of algorithmic efficiency. Understand the profound psychological damage inflicted by invisible, automated micromanagement, and learn how this unchecked technological surveillance is fundamentally destroying the psychological contract between employer and employee in the twenty-first century.

Edition details

• Publisher: epubli
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3565418621
• ISBN 13: 9783565418626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158