Monitoring your employees' work at their computer is losers game. This only works for menial jobs where you can actually see the work happening, the widgets be

Monitoring your employees' work at their computer is losers game. This only works for menial jobs where you can actually see the work happening, the widgets being cranked. But even in a job as simple as callcenter operator you can have people who treat your customers well and you can have people who are there to just get as many calls as possible to get their stats for the day. You can't tell that by looking at time spent and number of calls served. For people who are supposed to organise their work, think through plans, etc. the work does not happen in the computer, it happens in peoples' hearts and minds. I know a lot of people who spend their entire days with busy work providing no value to the company, because they are only interested in continuing their employment. It is stupid because it is saying "I can't evaluate the value you provide but at least I am going to make sure you pay the costs (in time spent at the computer)" My company has very simple vacation policy -- take as much vacation as you want. Come back when you feel fresh and ready to something great. Which makes me want to figure out how to actually be more productive.