A new CareerBuilder online survey reveals that while only 10% of employees say their smartphones reduce their productivity, 75% of employers say the devices cost them two or more hours of lost productivity a day. The survey polled 2,186 hiring managers and HR professionals and 3,031 full-time employees and was taken between Feb. 10 and March 17.
“While we need to be connected to devices for work, we’re also a click away from alluring distractions from our personal lives like social media and various other apps,” says Rosemary Haefner, chief human resources officer at CareerBuilder. “The connectivity conundrum isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it needs to be managed. Have an open dialogue with employees about tech distractions. Acknowledge their existence and discuss challenges/solutions to keeping productivity up.”