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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Companies are monitoring employees, and they’re okay with it

A female senior manager looking at screen of a younger colleague. (Credit: Getty Images)

Employers are increasingly listening in on their workers, and a surprising number of employees don’t have a problem with it. 

When asked whether they would voluntarily give their company access to work-related instant messages and email text data to help identify and address employee experience issues, 43% of respondents said “probably yes” or “definitely yes,” according to a survey of 1,000 office workers conducted by experience management company Qualtrics.

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