Study: Too much time for routine work

"So, what did you do at work today?" - if you find yourself pondering this question, a newly published study could help you. It presents the results of a study conducted by the DJS Research Ltd (UK) survey conducted in April 2017, which asked companies around the world how much time employees spend on what tasks. 1,505 office workers from 11 countries in companies with at least 100 employees were surveyed.

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The result: on average, employees spend 552 hours a year working on administrative and repetitive tasks. This takes up 69 working days and thus one third of the annual working time. This results in enormous administrative costs for companies - all in all, 5 trillion dollars are spent on admin work every year. Dollars are spent on administrative work. The USA leads the way with 2.87 trillion dollars in administrative costs. Dollars in administrative costs.

More productive: Norway and Sweden

According to the study, people in Norway are also the most productive. They devote 81 per cent of their working time to their main tasks. The Norwegians are closely followed by the Swedes with 78 per cent and France with 76 per cent. The least amount of time is spent in Singapore with 60 per cent. Overall, it is noticeable that older employees need more time for their main tasks than younger employees. However, they are still more in favour of automating routine work. Many of the younger respondents in particular are of the opinion that investments should be made in appropriate technology for this purpose. However, a total of 67 per cent are also of this opinion. Just under three quarters of respondents in Germany could imagine a "digital assistant" taking over administrative tasks. In Spain or Sweden, on the other hand, this would be a conceivable option for almost everyone. Let's see where the Work 4.0.

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