Most employers (65 percent) check the social networks of their employees. The surveillance intensified due to the transition to the remote work format, the Kommersant reports with reference to the study of the staffing agency Uteam.
At the same time, 18 percent admitted that they check the social networks subordinates on a permanent basis, another 47 percent – from time to time. Only a third (35 percent) do not make it. Mainly, employers check the accounts of employees holding management positions (77 percent), as well as specialists who interact with the media (75 percent), and customers (71 percent).
Almost every second company (45 percent) managers began to enter the staff of employees more often than before. The main reason (94 percent) is anxiety that the company’s reputation may suffer due to employee statements on personal pages. In second place – fear of random publication in social networks of internal information and documents (89 percent). The third reason is the need to evaluate what a person is engaged while working on the remote.
Monitoring social networks The bosses also explains the desire to predict when the employee wants to quit, and also the desire to better understand its values and interests. With great attention, according to Uteam, employers belong to the profiles of those who are only going to get a job. Applicant profiles view 83 percent of HR specialists. At the same time, the number of cases increases when employers denied applicants in hiring because of their behavior in social networks.
Earlier it was reported that almost half of the workers (44 percent) worldwide are ready to allow employers to monitor themselves with sensors and other wearable devices.