{"id":30801,"date":"2021-11-30T16:16:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/blog\/adobe\/new-adobe-research-reveals-the-impact-covid-19-has-on-our-time\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:16:41","slug":"new-adobe-research-reveals-the-impact-covid-19-has-on-our-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/blog\/adobe\/new-adobe-research-reveals-the-impact-covid-19-has-on-our-time\/","title":{"rendered":"New Adobe research reveals the impact COVID-19 has on our time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The past year has forced us to reevaluate what\u2019s important, what\u2019s not, and what we want more of. And for a lot of us, we want nothing more than the gift of time.<\/p>\n

Around the world, an increasing number of people feel stressed, stretched and burnt out. Remote work, while introducing some much-needed flexibility to the workday, has also increased expectations for workers to be on call and always on. The already blurry line between work life and personal life has, for many, been scrubbed away entirely.<\/p>\n

As we enter the future of hybrid work, Adobe surveyed 5,500 people \u2014 enterprise workers and small-to-medium business (SMB) owners \u2014 across seven global regions, asking respondents where they feel the most time pressure and how it has impacted their work and personal lives. Their responses reveal the true extent to which the very concept of time is changing.<\/p>\n

Remote work is chipping away at our personal time<\/h3>\n

One of the most enticing questions that remote work initially inspired was, what will people do with the two hours of their day that were once reserved for commuting? Unfortunately, for many that \u201cfree\u201d time has just become more work time.<\/p>\n

According to our survey, 49 percent of enterprise workers and 56 percent of SMB leaders say they now work longer hours than they would like to. Indeed, enterprise workers average 44.9 hours per week and SMB leaders average 45.1 hours, more than the standard work week.<\/p>\n

With increased hours comes increased pressure to always be reachable, even after people clock out for the day. Nearly half of enterprise workers and 3 in 5 SMB leaders feel pressured to respond to emails and customer issues after hours.<\/p>\n

A perfect storm for burnout \u2014 especially for women \u2014 and minority-owned businesses<\/h3>\n

Burnout has gotten worse in the past year. More than a third of SMB leaders told us they have seen employee burnout and attrition due to work pressures during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The effect of burnout, however, are not felt equally. Minority-owned* (67 percent), women-owned (49 percent) and essential small business owners* (67 percent) felt more stretched for time at work than non-minority-owned (52 percent), men-owned (38 percent) and non-essential small business owners (49 percent).<\/p>\n

These stresses carry over into home life. Minority-owned (64 percent), women-owned (54 percent) and essential small business leaders (60 percent) felt higher levels of stress in their personal lives from trying to keep their business afloat.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a mum, I do hundreds of small blocks of work instead of protected regular office hours. This goes into evenings and weekends, too,\u201d one SMB leader told us.<\/p>\n

The result: More minority-owned (55 percent) and essential small business (51 percent) leaders say they\u2019re losing the passion that spurred them to launch their own businesses. Nearly half of essential small business owners said they would be willing to sell their business tomorrow if they could.<\/p>\n

Gen Z is the main driver of the great resignation<\/h3>\n

Based on what our research revealed, it\u2019s no surprise that resignations are on the rise. More than 4 million American workers quit their jobs in April alone, which the Labor Department says is a record.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear that trend will continue. For example, 35 percent of enterprise workers said they plan to switch jobs in the next year. Of that group, 61 percent say they would do so simply to be in more control over their schedules.<\/p>\n

Those numbers are even higher for those earlier in their careers. Though they\u2019ve spent few years in the workforce, more than half of Gen Z respondents said they plan to pursue a new job in the next year. This generation is also the least satisfied with work-life balance (56 percent) and their jobs overall (59 percent). This group also feels the most pressure to work during \u201coffice hours,\u201d (62 percent), despite a quarter of them saying they actually work best during outside of the standard 9-5 window. In fact, nearly half of Gen Z say they often work from bed.<\/p>\n

Workers call for technology to help<\/h3>\n

While the forces behind these trends are large and complex, something that\u2019s clear from our research is that workers now have higher expectations for technology to help them work faster and more efficiently.<\/p>\n

This is especially true for low-effort tasks such as managing files, forms, contracts, payments, and invoices. Workers spend a third of the workweek on mundane, repetitive work, with 86 percent of enterprise workers and 83 percent of SMB leaders saying these tasks get in the way of doing their jobs effectively. In fact, 91 percent of individuals surveyed said they\u2019re interested in tools which would make tasks or processes more efficient \u2014 like Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Sign.<\/p>\n

In the future, where employees are collaborating across offices and with remote workers, employers must embrace user-friendly technology tools, AI and automation to retain and attract talent. Adobe\u2019s study found half of enterprise workers would switch jobs if doing so gave them access to better tools that made them more effective at work.<\/p>\n

What would people do with all the extra time that better tools would give them? Of those we spoke to, half said they would pursue their passions and personal growth. That\u2019s time well spent.<\/p>\n

For more information, download the full Adobe Future of Time report.<\/p>\n

*Minority-owned data includes responses from the U.S. and U.K. only
*Essential small businesses are defined as businesses that provided consumers crucial products or services such as groceries, healthcare, and emergency services during the Covid-19 pandemic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source : Adobe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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