"they believe it ensures the productivity of remote employees" i think (most) big firms are not doing this simply to monitor if you're at your desk. at the end

"they believe it ensures the productivity of remote employees" i think (most) big firms are not doing this simply to monitor if you're at your desk. at the end every high level decision comes down to "increase profits" or "cut expenses". so i believe they want to monitor how this info they gather can help in cutting expenses.