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| Company type | Privately held company |
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| Industry | Employee monitoring |
| Founded | 2012 |
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| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 90 (2021)  |
| Parent | Netsoft Holdings, LLC |
| Website | hubstaff.com |
Hubstaff is a worker surveillance software vendor.[1] The software is rated 2.8 out of 5 on Trustpilot.[2]
In April 2020, an article was published by The Wall Street Journal, discussing employee discomfort when their employers adopted Hubstaff's software.[3] NPR reported on how use of Hubstaff "destroyed morale" at a company which implemented it.[1]
In 2025, the software was reportedly implemented by xAI to surveil workers training its Grok chatbot, including on personal devices.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Your Boss Is Watching You: Work-From-Home Boom Leads To More Surveillance". NPR. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "Hubstaff is rated "Average" with 2.8 / 5 on Trustpilot". Trustpilot. 2026-01-06. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ Cutter, Chip; Chen, Te-Ping; Krouse, Sarah (18 April 2020). "You're Working From Home, but Your Company Is Still Watching You". Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Kay, Grace. "Elon Musk's xAI pressed employees to install surveillance software on personal laptops". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-01-13.