Nowadays, VPNs are widely used in businesses and offices to make a secure server and internet browsing for themselves and their employees. Basically, a VPN disguises the real IP address and replaces it with a different one. 

Now let’s assume a scene where you are based outside of the USA and you have been selected by a company that only accepts remote working for different states of the USA. Now, you are thinking of whether can you be able to join that company as a remote worker with the office VPN, and by that, you can hide your actual location. 

Well, in this case, they are able to detect your actual location. In today’s article, we have discussed whether office VPNs can detect actual locations or not. To find out more about this topic, go through this entire article and read till the end.

Can the Employer Detect Employees’ Location from the Office VPN? 

While you are using a VPN, it hides your real location and replaces it with another fake one. And for this, you can hide your location’s identity and no one can detect your actual location. Now, when it is coming to an organization VPN, the scenario is totally different. It’s true that it will hide your real IP but your location can be detected by your superior if they want.

It happens because you are using their VPN server or account. When you will log on to their VPN server with your credentials, that time the VPN will get your actual IP of yours and it will store it in the database. In easy words, they can able to see the IP address whenever you will establish a connection with the office VPN. As the organization is paying for the VPN service, they have the right to get each and every piece of information from the VPN service provider.

And from there they will be able to get the real IP address and by using it they can detect your location quite easily.

Can Office VPN Detect Location Precisely?

Now, you may ask if they can able to get the precise location of the employees. Well, the answer is no. They won’t get the precise location, with +/- 20 miles accuracy or you can say +/- 100 km. For example, you are connecting to the office VPN from Horner Street. When they will search for the location using your IP address, either they will get the city name, Yampa, or the state name, Colorado. 

Frequently Asked Questions And Answers

Can my work be tracked if connected via VPN?

Yes, if needed they can track down your work while you are connected via their VPN.

Can I use another VPN along office’s one to hide my location?

Yes, you can but it is not suggested to do so. You can use one VPN to change your initial place of yours and then you can connect to the office VPN. By this, your actual IP address won’t be disclosed.

Conclusion

To sum up, your office superior can find where you are based on when you are connected to their VPN. But doing some tweaks can help you to hide your actual location. But it’s not a good practice though. By doing this you may end up being jobless again. So, be honest with your superiors, and be like a piece of clean glass for your and their betterment.