Half of office workers lack access to appropriate IT

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 3 November 2009 at 17:47:00

Business are not providing appropriate infrastructure to its employees to
work, says study

Almost 50 per cent of over 1,500 UK workers and managers do not have the
appropriate IT equipment to do their job, a new survey has found.

The Plantronics survey adds that 63.8 per cent of those polled use technology
such as conference call facilities, seen by 81.9 per cent as a key tool for
department management ? but 68.4 per cent of managers don?t have access to the
right equipment for office based conference calls.

Some 58.5 per cent of workers surveyed said they struggle to concentrate on
conference call discussions in the office as a result of not having the right
equipment such as headsets or appropriate software.

With remote working becoming increasingly common, the problems are extended
to home office environments.

Separate research by the same supplier suggests that only 36 per cent of
office workers and managers have the equipment to effectively participate in
conference calls outside the office.

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