In an era where companies speak endlessly about “employee well-being” and “work–life harmony,” cognizant has quietly rolled out a monitoring system that practically turns employees into human motion sensors. Forget productivity, forget outcomes — your new KPI is how often you wiggle your mouse. Five minutes of peace? You’re “idle.” Fifteen minutes away? You’re flagged by the system like a criminal on CCTV. This isn’t efficiency — this is algorithmic babysitting, dressed up as “workflow insights.” And employees across the tech world are already furious.

1. Five Minutes of Stillness = You’re ‘Idle’ — Congratulations, You’re Now Graded Like a Charging Station

No typing, no clicking, no fidgeting = boom, you’re officially “idle.”
You could be reading code, reviewing documentation, attending a call, or even thinking (yes, thinking) — the system doesn’t care.
If your keyboard doesn’t tap, you don't exist.

2. Fifteen Minutes Without Touching the Laptop? Marked as ‘Away From System’ Like You’ve Gone Missing

This isn’t monitoring — this is surveillance theater.
Need a bio break?
Need to discuss something with a colleague?
Need to stretch because you’re not a robot?
Too bad — the system assumes you’re “away,” and that label sticks.

3. Employees Now Feel Like They’re Running a wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital Treadmill — Keep Moving or Be Flagged

The message is loud and clear:
Productivity = constant physical input.
Creativity, strategy, analysis, problem solving?
Apparently, none of these matters if the mouse isn’t dancing every few seconds.

4. Workplace Trust Just Took a Nosedive — Big Brother Didn’t Even Knock Before Entering

corporate surveillance used to be subtle.

Now it’s openly installed in your machine, like:
“Hi, I’ll be judging every second of your existence today.”
This kind of monitoring doesn’t improve efficiency — it erodes trust, morale, and psychological safety.

5. cognizant Says ‘It’s Only for Select Projects’ — But We’ve Heard That Before

The classic corporate disclaimer:
“Not across the entire organization.”
Translation:
This is the pilot episode. If ratings are good, Season 2 is coming for everyone.

6. The Official Reason: “Process Efficiency” — The Real Vibe: “We Don’t Trust You Unless You Move Your Mouse”

cognizant insists this tool isn’t for individual performance evaluation.
Employees aren’t buying it.

Today it’s “workflow insights.”
Tomorrow, it’s an Excel sheet comparing your idle time to your teammates’.

7. It’s 2025 — Why Are We Still Measuring Productivity Like It’s 1999?

Knowledge work relies on logic, planning, architecture, and problem-solving — none of which require frantic clicking.
If anything, deep thinking requires stillness.
But according to the new system, stillness is suspicious.

8. The Tool Has Turned Employees Into Anxiety Machines

Every bathroom break becomes a calculation.
Every coffee refill becomes a risk.
Every moment of quiet thought becomes a meter ticking toward your next “idle” label.

This isn’t a job — this is an escape room challenge.

9. Tech Employees Are Furious — And Rightfully So

The system doesn’t differentiate between:

• • Thinking

• • Reading

• • Meetings

• • Calls

• • Brainstorming

• • Discussing with colleagues

• • Or literally any productive activity
  It only sees movement.
  It only counts motion.
  It only rewards being a machine.

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10. If Tech Giants Want Innovation, They Need Humans — Not Mouse-Clicking Robots

If the future of work is defined by software that treats employees like toddlers needing supervision, then innovation will die at the hands of administrative paranoia.

🔥 Final Word: A Company That Monitors Motion More Than Output Is Preparing for a Talent Exodus

Cognizant’s new system isn’t just a tool — it’s a message.

And the message is chilling:
“We trust the software more than we trust you.”

In a competitive tech market where talent has options, this might be the biggest self-inflicted wound a company can make.