Loading ...A new study was just released that claims to reveal that American workers are feeling less productive these days. The study surveyed a 1000 random workers and compares the results to a similar study that was done in 1994.
To summarize what the study says, workers are less productive and this is due to the advancements in technology. The study claims that with all the emails, voicemails, cell-phone calls, etc., that people are distracted and pulled from one project to another.
I personally think this is untrue. The study doesn’t actually prove that people are less productive, just that they feel less productive. This may be related to increases in technology, because like the article says, technology has sped things up quite fast making the entire work environment a much more speedy operation, perhaps one that workers cannot keep up with. However, if a worker cannot keep up with the technology, this doesn’t mean that they aren’t as productive as they would be without the technology. We aren’t comparing who can work faster, a computer or a human. We are comparing whether or not somebody without a computer can work faster than somebody with a computer. I think it’s fairly obvious what the answer is there.
Actually, there may be some truth in the technology curbing productivity. I mean… if you’re here reading this right now, you aren’t being quite as productive now are you?
File that under people worked better before fire was discovered.
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