WHAT’S NEW? A Quarter of Employees Lack
the Tech They Need Despite the evolving technological landscape and rise in flexible working, recent Leesman data reveals that organisations are failing to get the basics right when it comes to providing the digital and virtual systems that support employees in their roles.
A new data release by Leesman analyses how organisations can better support employees by offering the technology tools and infrastructure that enable people to work in a flexible way.
As per Deloitte’s 2018 Tech Trends report issued at the beginning of 2018, there is a heightened focus on how disruptive technologies will help businesses achieve larger strategic and operational goals, and drive greater value. The report predicts that within the next two years, more companies will embrace the emerging ‘no-collar workforce’ trend by redesigning jobs and reimagining how work gets done in a hybrid human-and-machine environment.
However, with all eyes on ever- evolving technological solutions – not to mention the discourse concerning the rise of artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented realities and how this will impact the economy – Leesman findings show that, as of yet, organisations are failing to get the basics right.
As per the latest dataset (Q1 2018) 23% do not agree that they have the technology tools and infrastructure
that enable them to work in different locations across the office or from different locations outside of the office.
Despite the fact that remote working is reportedly on the rise, employees are not empowered to work in this way. According to a survey of business leaders at the 2015 Global Leadership Summit, 34% said more than half their company’s full-time workforce would be working remotely by 2020 – which is worrying considering 29% of employees do not agree that the culture of their organisation is supportive to working in a mobile or flexible way. What’s more, 33% do not have access to training when it comes to optimising this work model.
Tim Oldman, Leesman CEO, commented: “We’ve never had more tech, so why aren’t employees becoming more productive? Our research consistently shows it’s because businesses are not getting the basics right. Across our global sample of more than 300,000+ employees, those ‘basics’ will differ depending on what employees are doing. For those who rely on technology to do their jobs, many are not satisfied with their workplace’s current offering.
“Thanks to the proliferation of affordable yet sophisticated tech, many employees have better devices and systems at home than they do at the office. In the workplace, people are often faced with inadequate equipment or slow, unreliable wifi – both of which can act as a barrier to work rather than an enabler.”
www.leesmanindex.com
Beaver’s Patrol City of
London Corporation South London based Beaver Pest Control, current holders of the British Pest Management Award ‘Company of the Year’ have been awarded the pest control contract for the City of London Corporation.
The three-year pest control contract is designed to be both sustainable and ethical, with Beaver providing work experience placements as well as using footmen in the City to reduce vehicle pollution.
The diverse property portfolio includes world famous and iconic grade one and two listed buildings, commercial property, City of London schools, the Courts, Markets, as well as the world class arts and learning centre, The Barbican.
Julia Pittman of Beaver Pest Control said: “We are extremely proud to be working with the City of London Corporation to provide pest control services for this fascinating portfolio of properties.”
www.pestcontrolservices.co.uk
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