If so, you're not alone. Too much technology, and too much red tape, keep slowing us down at work. But technology, and more of it, is supposed to make our lives easier!
Too much technology, however, does not compute for employees. A new SAP/Knowledge@Wharton survey of almost 700 corporate employees finds a full 60% of respondents blame technology "for inhibiting their ability to meet strategic goals." Gee, anyone who has ever used the self-checkout line at the grocery store can tell you that.
However, 40% surveyed said that looking for ways to simplify the technology has been "a low priority" for their company.
Too much paperwork is an on-going problem for the workplace, too. A new ServiceNow survey of nearly 1,000 managers finds that 90% are doing too much administrative work, no matter the size of the company. This paperwork includes filling out forms, writing status updates, and updating spreadsheets.
In fact, 20% of managers report spending 3 days (or more) per week just on paperwork. So much for being a corporate visionary, huh?
Now some companies are deciding it's time to "simplify" things for the sake of overall efficiency and employee collaboration! I agree; simplicity always wins the day. (Sorry, this parody never gets old, and it somehow seems to streamline with this post.)
According to the Wharton press release:
The majority of senior leaders believe business simplicity is beneficial, with over two-thirds (67 percent) saying that it will be very important in the next three years. Furthermore, 42 percent of respondents are optimistic that efforts to simplify business will be strongly effective in three years.Bottom line? Technology comes with a whole host of workplace complications. Well, I'll let you get back to recovering the spreadsheet you lost when your computer decided to reboot in order to install new software updates. Good luck with that.
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