How Watchie employee monitoring works

What Watchie records

Only while someone is clocked in and not on a break.

• Hours — clock-in, clock-out, project, and every bathroom, lunch and personal break.
• Activity counts — for each second, whether the keyboard or mouse was used; how many clicks and keystrokes; how far the mouse moved. Counts only.
• Apps and window titles — which app is in front, checked every few seconds. Window titles can be turned off.
• Screenshots — of every connected monitor, at random moments, 0–3 times per 10 minutes. Optional blur. A notice appears every time.
• Idle time — after a few minutes without input, Watchie asks whether to keep or remove that time.

What Watchie never records

• What anyone types, or which keys they press
• Clipboard contents or passwords
• Camera, microphone or location
• Anything while clocked out or on a break

How productivity is judged

Each day gets a score with plain-language reasons: low activity, idle time outside breaks, breaks over the limit, unproductive apps, mouse-jiggler patterns, and signs of another job such as another company’s chat workspace or email. Flags are signals for a manager to review — not automatic decisions.

Employees vs contractors

US employees get state overtime and break rules. Contractors — in the US or overseas — are tracked for billing, but schedules, break limits and scoring are off by default, because controlling how and when contractors work can make them employees under the law.

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