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Poor technology blamed for longer working hours
News More than ten percent of employees are working at least four hours a day outside their core business hours, which amounts to a "supermarket style" offer. Inefficient technology is to blame for office workers spending anywhere between one and four...
[August 29, 2003, 15:10]
Poor technology blamed for longer working hours
Talkback The reason people work longer hours is that they never stay long enough in one job or project to think up ways to do the same task quicker. When first read this, I thought than humans are not technology designed and it was an ad for Plastic Surgery.
[August 30, 2003, 23:58]
Networking survey finds working long hours endemic
News Of the 201 network professionals interviewed, up to half work hours in excess of the limit of an average of 48 hours a week outlined by the European Working Time Directive with 6 percent claiming to work in excess of 60 hours a week.
[July 3, 2002, 11:35]
EA execs respond to criticism over working hours
News Electronic Arts, the computer game giant accused of punishing work hours, sent a memo to employees this week admitting a problem and promising workplace reforms. As much as I don't like what's been said about our company and our industry, I...
[December 6, 2004, 11:40]
Overwork and burnout bowl over UK IT directors
News British IT directors are working longer hours than their counterparts in the rest of Europe and their family life is suffering, according to a brace of studies published on Thursday. Research conducted by Mercury, the IT software and services...
[April 1, 2004, 18:00]
Long-hours culture saps tech productivity
News Working long hours is having a negative impact on many UK tech workers as it hits morale and cuts into valuable leisure time. Just over half of respondents (51 percent) said the long-hours culture in the UK affects productivity and 42 percent said...
[February 19, 2008, 9:28]
Excellent
Member Review It can get up to 6 hours when normally working on it, 5.5 hours of divx (4 hours on full power). It won't lag when you're working with it, unlike the Dell I had >
[October 19, 2005, 16:11]
Overwork and burnout bowl over UK IT directors
Talkback If managers are working very long hours and staff are working very long hours and productivity is low, then.what the managers are doing in their long hours must be counterproductive. "UK productivity is still relatively poor.
[April 3, 2004, 13:18]
India's call centre staff burn out
News Erratic working hours, assuming false identities, copying foreign accents and changes in social and family life take their toll, according to a report on the study in The Economic Times. Over half of all call centre staff in India burn out and end...
[August 8, 2003, 11:25]
Unpaid overtime still common for IT pros
News Nearly half of IT professionals work more than their contracted hours, though the amount of unpaid overtime they're working has fallen over the past five years. It estimates that some workers will still be working an extra 10 hours or more per week...
[February 26, 2007, 8:35]
Office surfers aren't slackers, says study
News A new study finds that employees may waste time surfing on the job, but they tend to make up for it by working from home in their off hours. Those people spent an average of 6.5 hours per week surfing at work while spending just 3.7 hours a week...
[February 5, 2003, 10:23]
Best Practices for Application Service Management in Law Firms: Compuware Vantage Solution
White Papers Lawyers are known for their hard-working business ethics and their long hours put in at the office - and now, thanks to technology, outside the office. Because so much of a lawyer's work involves technology today, it is imperative that the...
[March 20, 2008, 0:02]
UK techies: Long hours reap rewards
News These figures are broadly in line with the results of last year's survey, showing that staff are not working significantly longer hours these days, despite the continuing tough economic conditions. The UK's high-tech workers are still working far...
[March 25, 2003, 16:36]
UK ordered to end 'long hours' culture
News This decision will cut excessive working time considerably, will slash stress and will bring us closer to the level playing field on working hours already enjoyed throughout the rest of Europe'. The UK working week could be shortened, as the...
[April 29, 2002, 16:52]
Fuel-cell breakthrough could boost portable power
News A team in the organisation's Melbourne-based Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology unit has extended the life of the membrane to over 1500 working hours -- over two months of operation. Scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial...
[December 11, 2003, 9:10]
Billable Hours
Downloads If you are about to do some billable work you simply select the client you are working for and the type of work you are doing and tap the Billable Hours clockface to start the clock. Billable Hours will record the time you spent working to the...
[July 9, 2009, 9:55]
MS pledges to fight UK skill shortage
News The focus will be on out of hours training, home study and 'fast track' courses so that contractors don't have to miss out on paid working hours. Microsoft Ltd.is committed to working with industry to help close the current gap and .work towards...
[September 25, 1997, 12:00]
Government urges work-life balance improvements
News These include: flexi-time staggered hours time off in lieu compressed working hours shift-swapping self-rostering annualised hours job-sharing term-time working working from home tele-working breaks from work
[May 23, 2002, 10:21]
Overworked IT managers risk blunders or burnout
News A lack of resources was the most common reason given for working extra hours, followed by the pressure to complete development work. According to research released on Wednesday, nine out of ten IT managers in the UK regularly exceed the 48-hour...
[August 2, 2001, 12:45]
Wireless tech may hinder holidays
News But 42 percent of executives polled in the report said they believe employees will be working more hours in the next 10 to 15 years. Only 9 percent said employees would be working fewer hours. Between 1977 and 2002, average work hours increased...
[June 16, 2005, 10:15]
