Most workers are okay with bosses checking their DMs, emails if allowed to WFH: Survey

As companies across the world have begun to increase their pressure on employees, demanding they return to working from the office, many professionals who prefer working from home appear to be okay with handing over the one thing that most employees hold dear especially at workplaces -- their privacy -- in exchange for being permitted to work remotely.

Software company Qualtrics conducted a survey of about 37,000 workers across 32 countries and found that most of them are willing to let their employers go through their emails, chat messages, and virtual meeting transcripts so that bosses can make workplace improvements.

As per the survey, 62 percent of people who work from home three times a week were okay with their employers broadly monitoring email, chat messages, and social media posts for insights, Business Insider reported. But for employees who worked from the office, the number stood at 49 percent.

Also, even among these employees who permitted their companies to look into their digital footprint, only about four in 10 workers were comfortable with it, the publication reported.