U.s. Workers Feel Rushed On The Job, But Are ...

U.S. Workers feel rushed on the job, but are getting less accomplished due to technology intended to make work quicker and easier. “Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding everything up, it’s slowed everything down, paradoxically,” says John Challenger, Challenger, Gray & Christmas Consultants. “We never concentrate on one task anymore. You take a little chip out of it, and then you’re on to the next thing.” Workers are bombarded with e-mail, cell phone calls, and voice mails. The average time spent on a computer was almost 16 hours a week last year vs. 9.5 hours a decade ago. 46 e-mails a day is now typical. In ‘94, 82% of workers accomplished at least half their daily planned work; now only 50% do so. Then 40% of workers called themselves successful, vs. just 28% today. (Reuters 2/22/06)