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“The Man” is trying to clamp down on employee productivity. I always advise to use smart goals and KPI’s then quantify based on output and I just get a cold stares … so here I am !

I know there used to be a draconian tool built into Office365 but it was discontinued or intentionally obfuscated ? I see reports but no way to export weekly or whatever ? has anyone done this with power bi ?

Anybody have a line on a third party tool that can integrate with 365 and show employee productivity based on timelines ? I would like to be able to provide metrics on email / onedrive / teams (including phone calls)

thoughts ?

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show employee productivity based on timelines ? I would like to be able to provide metrics on email / onedrive / teams (including phone calls)

thoughts ?

My thought is that activity does not equal productivity. How will you measure if those things are prodcutive?

Or is this a very specific work environment for example the work is redponding to emails?

I read and respond to 100s a day, but I assure you most of that is not productive.

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For Office 365, you’re right; the built-in tools aren’t what they used to be. But don’t count out Power BI just yet. It’s a bit of a learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, you can customize some solid productivity dashboards.

If you’re searching for third-party solutions, check out MyAnalytics or CoreView. They integrate well with Office 365 and offer detailed metrics on everything from email to Teams calls.

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I can work on a project for hours and not send a single teams message or e-mail or touch onedrive.

As M@ttshaw stated, Activity != Productivity.

Now if your employee is in a call center and never takes any calls, well then lack of activity does indicate lack of productivity.

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Sorry to hear this …

like others say busy in office apps != productivity… but then you already know that.

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When companies need to monitor employees, my first thought is, GET NEW EMPLOYEES,

Unless they work in a call center or Highly secure places, leave them be, the job is done? Dont bother, train your staff about ethical behaviour, seems like an issue where people do jack [redacted] when no one is looking, this is more of a social issue

basically, when no one is looking, Do the right thing

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Technology can’t always solve human problems. Management either need to figure this out or move on.

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No… get new Managers. A good Manager has a good handle on how productive their staff is. Why is that, because they are doing what their job describes, managing. This involves communicating, collaborating, guiding and keeping an eye on output (monitoring).

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Years ago I read about a PABX that could generate graphs and charts on all the calls.

Turned out management spent all their time analysing the data and not looking at whether agents were actually doing their job.

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JKZfixme, begin by navigating to the Microsoft 365 admin center and selecting the user’s account in question. In the ‘Mailbox’ section, go to ‘Permissions,’ and add the ‘Manager’ role. Once this is completed, the manager can read encrypted emails.

It’s important to proceed with caution when granting permissions to another user’s inbox to avoid potential security risks. Alternatively, exploring third-party email encryption solutions that support delegation of decryption permissions can provide added control.

In some cases, decrypting the encrypted emails and then forwarding them to the manager can offer enhanced security, albeit at the cost of time and manual effort. The choice between these solutions should be based on specific needs and security considerations.

You can grant permissions this way:

Add-MailboxPermission -Identity user@domain.com -User manager@domain.com -AccessRights FullAccess

Please, also remember that backups are essential to safeguard your data and ensure business continuity.

@NAKIVO_Inc

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@aleks-nakivo ​, I have to believe your response was intended for another post, as this post has absolutely nothing to do with allowing a manager to read encrypted mail in another user’s mailbox?

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This article for the the UK may be of interest Privacy policy

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That’s interesting - thanks

Interesting that an employer should prioritise employee privicy over business interests…

bottom line is that, (in the UK at least) employers can employ most monitoring techniques - but they’re advised to inform anyone affected by monitoring and err on the side of building trust rather than monitoring.

Here, most employees think I can see what they do/have done on their computers … for the most part, I can’t … but they don’t need to know that :wink: