{{short description|Maker of time tracking software}} {{Multiple issues| {{Advert|date=July 2023}} {{Notability|1=Companies|date=February 2026}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Hubstaff | logo = | founded = 2012 | founders = {{Unbulleted list|Dave Nevogt|Jared Brown}} | type = Privately held company | industry = Employee monitoring | location_city = Indianapolis, Indiana | location_country = United States | area_served = Worldwide | products = | num_employees = | parent = Netsoft Holdings, LLC | website = {{URL|https://hubstaff.com}} }}
'''Hubstaff''' is a worker surveillance software vendor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Your Boss Is Watching You: Work-From-Home Boom Leads To More Surveillance |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/05/13/854014403/your-boss-is-watching-you-work-from-home-boom-leads-to-more-surveillance |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref> The software is rated "Poor" with 2.3 out of 5 on Trustpilot.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-06 |title=Hubstaff is rated "Poor" with 2.3 / 5 on Trustpilot |url=https://www.trustpilot.com/review/hubstaff.com |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=Trustpilot |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260510180324/https://www.trustpilot.com/review/hubstaff.com|archive-date=2026-05-10}}</ref>
In April 2020, an article was published by ''The Wall Street Journal'', discussing employee discomfort when their employers adopted Hubstaff's software.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cutter |first1=Chip |last2=Chen |first2=Te-Ping |last3=Krouse |first3=Sarah |title=You're Working From Home, but Your Company Is Still Watching You |work=Wall Street Journal |date=18 April 2020 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/youre-working-from-home-but-your-company-is-still-watching-you-11587202201 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> ''NPR'' reported on how use of Hubstaff "destroyed morale" at a company which implemented it.<ref name=":0" />
In 2025, the software was reportedly implemented by xAI to surveil workers training its Grok chatbot, including on personal devices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kay |first=Grace |title=Elon Musk's xAI pressed employees to install surveillance software on personal laptops |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/xai-pressed-workers-install-surveillance-software-personal-laptops-2025-7 |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} * Category:Companies based in Indianapolis Category:Software companies based in Indiana Category:Remote companies Category:Software companies established in 2012 Category:American companies established in 2012 Category:2012 establishments in Indiana