I fully agree. The problem is that these kinds of systems are generally pushed by IT and upper management in large companies. That's where the money is. And they don't really have a grasp how things work in the lower echelons, they must have some twisted idea that employees get more productive by clicking checkboxes and workflow buttons all day.
I think the real attraction to upper management is blame management. Job security probably motivates the obsession with checkboxes, etc. more than any desire to see the lower echelons more productive.
