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Employee monitoring statistics: Why Surveillance Boosts Stress but Not Productivity

By the time you finish reading this sentence, somewhere a manager has just reviewed a screenshot of an employee’s screen. Mind you, that’s not a hyperbole. That’s just a modern workplace in 2026. Employee monitoring statistics tell two very different stories depending on who’s telling them. Employers see dashboards, productivity metrics, and security systems designed to reduce risk.

Employee Wellness Statistics 2026. Trends, Insights, and What They Mean

According to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2025 report, most employees feel their company doesn’t truly care about their well-being. This finding sits next to another one that seems to flatly contradict it: 87% of organizations worldwide report having some form of formal wellness initiative. So most companies have a program. And most employees feel unsupported anyway.