Workplace Trends: Employers Not Implementing New Tech
An article on itnewsafrica.com has provided information on Dell and Intel’s Future Workforce Study, which reported that nearly half of employees in Europe and South African regions feel as though their present employer is not implementing new technology advances.
Research firm PSB used the study to survey almost 4000 fulltime employees from a range of business sizes. Results determined that those polled in the UK, France, Germany and South Africa do not think they will be working in a smart office within the next five years. The article weighs Chris Buchanan, Client Solutions Director at Dell South Africa, in on the subject, “today’s workforce has a growing expectation that their employers integrate the latest technologies seamlessly and securely into their working lives”. Buchanan goes on to say that adding new technologies is, “a business-critical opportunity for companies to be at the forefront of the future workplace and enable the future workforce”.
Itnewsafrica.com names some highlights from the Study:
• Augmented Reality, along with Virtual Reality, may be present in the workplace sooner than expected; with 61% of South Africans stating that they would be willing to use such technologies in their professional lives. Training on new skills in realistic virtual environments, problem solving or coming up with new ideas via 3D visualisation and presenting to clients using immersive technologies are stated as the most frequently cited user cases for new technologies.
• Technology is significant if employers want to keep talented millennial employees, with 1 in 3 South Africans being inclined to leave their jobs if technology provided by their employer is not up to standard.