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Employees waste four weeks a year due to slow and outdated tech, finds report

Peter Gothard
Peter Gothard
clock 05 September 2016 •
Employees waste four weeks a year due to slow and outdated tech, finds report

That's £2,100 per staffer down the drain annually

Slow and outdated IT costs businesses four whole working weeks per employee per year, to the tune of £2,100 for every person, a new report from Sharp has found. The biggest drain contributing to this...

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