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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Social Tools Increase Employee Interruptions



Collaboration and social tools designed to increase productivity are actually
costing businesses millions of dollars per year in lost productivity, according to a
survey of more than 500 U.S. employees conducted by online market research firm uSamp (United Sample) and commissioned by social email software provider harmon, i.e. Nearly 60% of work interruptions involve email, social networks, text and instant messaging, or switching windows between applications.  According to the report, 45% of employees work just 15 minutes (or less) before getting interrupted.

During the upcoming days and weeks when you are sitting at your desk, make a list of the number of times that you get interrupted by co-workers, phone calls, emails or other types of disturbances.  Ever wonder why it’s so challenging to get through that well designed “To Do” list. Very often I have to transfer my to do items to the next week.

According to USamp collected data, the follow are common workplace distractions listed by activity.  I am sure that the list of activities in our busy lifestyle will continue to increase. Let me know some of your daily distractions.

Distractions
Percentages
Phone calls
28%
Processing emails
23%
Toggling between apps
10%
Talking with Co-workers
10%
Facebook, personal web searches
 9%
Instant messaging
 6%
Text messaging
 5%
Ad hoc meetings
 5%
Web searches
 3%
Tweets
 0%

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