The company has told employees that the data is meant to understand process steps and improve utilisation, not to rank or rate individual performance at this stage.

Cognizant is reportedly bringing in new software to keep track of what employees do on their office laptops and computers. According to a Mint report, some workers are now being asked to use tools like ProHance, which measure how often a person uses their mouse or keyboard to check how active they are. The system was introduced around a month ago and shows the company’s growing interest in closely monitoring employee activity.

The software marks an employee as “idle” if they don’t touch their keyboard or mouse for more than 5 minutes. If the computer stays inactive for 15 minutes, the system assumes the person is away from th

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