Category: Work
A new study reveals 60% of Brits affected by after-hours work emails
Seven in 10 Brits receive one to 10 work emails outside of working hours per day. Image: Torsten Dettlaff While digital technology has kept us safe during the pandemic, for millions of people working from home has felt more like sleeping in the office, making it harder to fully switch off. The…
24 million Brits working from their smartphone
Nearly 24 million workers are spending an average of 12 hours per week doing their job from their smartphone as technology improves - nearly double the time spent using pen and paper - according to new research by Uswitch.com. A quarter of people (24%) rely on their mobile phone to make video calls, while close…
9 in 10 UK tech operations hosted off-premise, claims survey
Plans for hybrid working and future tech investment are calling into question the need for businesses to maintain or rely on their on-premise data centres, according to new research from Zen Internet. Surveying 200 business leaders across the UK, Zen found that post-Covid, on average, only 11% of planned tech operations will be hosted on-premise.…
Jobs offering ‘hybrid work’ jump 464% in Q3 2021, GlobalData finds
There has been a huge spike in the number of job postings mentioning both ‘remote work’ and ‘hybrid work’, according to GlobalData. The data and analytics company notes that jobs featuring the keyword ‘remote work’ saw highs with listings increase by 23% in Q3 2021 compared to Q2 2021, while ‘hybrid work’ saw a 464%…
