Remote workers suffered significant ‘mental distress’ during the pandemic
For all the benefits remote working brings, there’s one major drawback: loneliness. As reported by The Guardian, this is one of the conclusions of a new study just published by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen). Based on data from interviews with more than 8,500 people before and during the pandemic, the report claims loneliness has a particularly detrimental …
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UK tech firms are struggling to recruit the right workers
Businesses are having a difficult time recruiting high-quality staff for technology roles, data from Tech Talent suggests. According to the firm, less than a quarter of UK tech leaders find it easy to identify suitable candidates. US businesses seem to be having a better time in that respect with 47 percent of leaders finding it easy to hire. However, technology …
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Workers often unclear on the sensitive nature of business data
Businesses are not doing enough to instil the importance of proper data handling into employees, a new report from KnowBe4 suggests. The cybersecurity firm polled 408,929 workers worldwide and found that roughly a quarter (24 percent) are unsure whether the data they work with is classified or not. The construction, education, transport, and retail sectors are most at risk, with …
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Many workers have picked up bad cybersecurity behaviors since working from home
Since the transition to remote working, many employees have started disregarding cybersecurity best practices. This is according to a new report from email security software firm Tessian, based on a poll of 4,000 workers in the US and UK, as well as 200 IT professionals. The company found that more than a third (36 percent) have picked up bad cybersecurity …
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Many workers wish their employer was more empathetic
UK employees wish senior staff had demonstrated greater empathy during the pandemic, with most saying that leadership style affects their personal wellbeing and happiness. According to a new report from Workplace from Facebook, leaders that aren’t empathetic can expect employees to seek their fortunes elsewhere. The report states that more than half (58 percent) of workers would consider leaving their …
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Majority of pandemic-forced remote workers find collaboration challenging
For all its benefits, remote working comes with one major downside: it makes collaborating quite difficult. This is the conclusion of the latest report from graphic design platform Canva, which states that collaboration has been more of a challenge during the pandemic for 77 percent of workers. One element of collaboration that stands out as a major challenge is presentations, …
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Workers call for compulsory return to the office to be outlawed
After getting a taste for working from home, many people are unwilling to go back to inflexible and office-first ways of working. Identity firm Okta recently polled more than 10,000 office workers, including over 2,000 in the UK, regarding remote working and the potential return to the office. A significant majority (79 percent) said they would support legislation that makes …
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Many workers would take a pay cut to remain remote
In spite of the various downsides, most employees still enjoy working remotely and would be more than happy to make a few compromises in order to remain remote. These are the conclusions of a new report from software company Ivanti, which recently polled some 1,000 UK workers on their attitude towards working from home. The majority of respondents (66 percent) …
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Workers feel ‘crushed’ by repetitive work tasks – is tech the answer?
Employees around the world think they’re wasting too much time on repetitive tasks, preventing them from serving their customers better and getting more creative at their jobs. These are the conclusions echoed in UiPath’s latest report, the 2021 Office Worker Survey, which claims more than two-thirds of employees repeat the same tasks over and over again, wasting on average 4.5 …
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Millions of UK workers don’t have the proper digital skills they need
Around half of the UK’s workforce, approximately 17 million people, are lacking what’s known as Essential Digital Skills (EDS), collective FutureDotNow has said in a new report. FutureDotNow is a coalition of leading organizations focused on accelerating the UK’s workplace digital skills at scale, and says its report found people without EDS are present, in large numbers, in industries such …
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