COVID-19 is forcing businesses to digitally transform how they operate. From enabling teams to work remotely to training employees, technology has never been more critical. Yet, a new Canadian study by Beagle Research Group and sponsored by Zoho reveals that technology systems have not kept up with changing times.
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“Technology, when combined with people and processes is a winning formula for business”
According to this April 2020 survey of employees at 208 Canadian businesses, two-thirds of staff give their workplace tech tools a failing grade. Sixty-four per cent of respondents do not think their technology helps them be productive while working in the office or remotely. This sentiment is worse for businesses with fewer than 500 employees where more than two-thirds of staff lack confidence in their tech and another 88 per cent say it takes too long to build systems to support their job.
“Technology, when combined with people and processes is a winning formula for business,” said LSP Chandrasekhar, Zoho’s Canadian Evangelist. “However, employees feel that their work tech is failing. Where businesses could once satisfy any two of the three components and be reasonably well off, today businesses require all three components to succeed.”
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Technology highlights include:
- 64 per cent of employees give their technology infrastructure a failing grade.
- Businesses with fewer than 500 employees are the most dissatisfied with their work technology with 68 per cent saying they lack confidence in their tech.
- 88 per cent say it takes too long to build systems that support their job.
- Sales department employees are among the most dissatisfied, with 59 per cent saying they lack confidence in their tech infrastructure.
Conversely, the survey revealed that even though employees struggle with their technology, they are happy at work. Eighty per cent of employees feel engaged and aligned with their employers’ business and think their management is competent.
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