Prodoscore Survey: 90% of U.S. Workers Are Open to Their Employer Having Visibility Into Their Daily Productivity
‘Visibility software’ was #1 answer when asked what would be most beneficial to employees’ productivity
Prodoscore, a leader in employee visibility and productivity software, announced the results of a new survey detailing the attitudes of U.S. employees across the spectrum of company sizes and industries toward visibility, productivity and other work-related topics. At a high level, the findings showed that an overwhelming majority of employees – 90% – are open to their employer having visibility into their daily productivity. And, when asked what would be most beneficial to their productivity, the #1 answer was “visibility software.”
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“visibility software that helps identify ways to be more efficient”
The company commissioned the research to put real numbers to trends they had been noticing for a few years as work from home (WFH) arrangements slowly gained traction and that were recently amplified in the wake of COVID-19. With the vast majority of respondents – 77% – currently working from home at least part of the time (vs. 61% prior to COVID-19), visibility into employee productivity has become a more important issue to employers and employees alike.
Visibility is not only possible, it is desired by employees
On the topic of visibility into their daily work, only 10% of respondents chose the “I don’t like it” option. Respondents who “liked” visibility opted for one of three choices for doing so: makes them aware of how productive they are (32%); helps them manage their time (19%); and makes them more efficient (16%). Another 23% indicated that they “didn’t care.”
One of the drivers of the openness to employers using visibility tools relates to recognition. Almost half (47%) said they have been frustrated by their efforts not being recognized. And, when asked how they would feel about a tool that allows their daily contributions to be recognized versus only the end result, 80% responded positively for either the recognition-identifying tool alone or a combination of a tool and the end result.
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