Prior to COVID-19, employers were increasing efforts to monitor the productivity of their employees. In fact, according to a 2018 Gartner report, 50 percent of 239 large corporations admitted that they were monitoring their employees. In particular, the content of their emails and social media accounts. What’s more, these companies also stated that they monitored who their employees utilized and who’s meeting with whom.
According to an Accenture survey of C-suite executives one year later, 62 percent of their organizations collect data about their employees. Of course, the pandemic has only accelerated employee monitoring. And, it hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing.
