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Employee monitoring can increase productivity when used transparently and focused on outcomes, but studies show mixed results many employees report added stress and no real improvement.

You might’ve heard the term “Jira” used by any of the members in your product team at your company irrespective of what role you’re in. To make it clear for you, Jira is actually a tool developed by the Australian Company, Atlassian. It is used for bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management.

When a breach happens, the real damage rarely starts at the moment of intrusion. It starts in the gap between when a breach is detected and when someone actually acts on it. For a security team watching dashboards during business hours, that gap might be minutes. For a remote employee working late on an unattended laptop, or a hybrid worker switching between a home network and a coffee shop hotspot, that gap can stretch into hours or days.

As part of our recent UI updates, we’ve taken the opportunity to make your entry point into Teamwork.com even more customizable. Meet Home Dashboards, your new personalized place to start every time you log into the platform. You’ve probably noticed that My Work now has its own dedicated spot in the side navigation, so it’s always a click away and separate from the Home area.

Learn what efficient workforce performance management looks like, its key benefits, and a step-by-step guide for improving performance.

HR teams automate many routine tasks today, but the bigger opportunity lies in knowing which complete workflows are worth automating next. The strongest HR workflows to automate are processes that run repeatedly, involve several teams or systems, and follow a clear sequence from trigger to completion.

Something changed over the last year that most teams have not fully adjusted to yet. A year ago, one person on the team was often “the one using AI.” Today, almost everyone is. Designers have assistants. Engineers use Claude, Cursor, or both. Product teams run research through ChatGPT or Gemini. Marketing teams use AI to draft campaigns, and support teams use it to summarize issues and prepare responses. Individually, people are producing more than they were a year ago.

Wire Drive on mobile is getting two upgrades: files are now available offline, and finding them is faster with improved search, filters, and sort. Connectivity cannot always be assumed, and large file libraries need more than scrolling to navigate. For field operatives, mobile workers in restricted network environments, and professionals operating under strict security controls, both of these are daily realities — not edge cases. This release addresses both.

Compare team productivity tracker types, the features that actually matter, and use a practical buyer's checklist to choose the right one.

See how productivity benchmarks vary by industry and team type, what a healthy utilization score looks like, and how to set realistic internal benchmarks.