Connecting at work — or are you more isolated?
One workplace survey found that 7% of all employees globally have no friends at work and more than half have five or fewer total friends
New York — If an overflowing inbox is killing your productivity at the office, you are not alone. Well, maybe you are, but not in the way you think. A recent survey of more than 2,000 managers and employees in 10 different countries found that employees increasingly depend on technology to communicate with their colleagues, including e-mail (45%), text messaging (15%) and instant messaging (12%). Of those who cited e-mail, more than 40% said they felt lonely always or often, were not engaged and had a high need for social connection. Dan Schawbel, author of Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation, offered Reuters these tips on working remotely, managing technology, and building a collaborative workplace. Is there a dark side of working remotely? Dan Schawbel (DS): One third of workers in the US often work remotely. The number of remote workers is up 115% in the past decade, but just 5% of these workers see themselves staying at the same company for...
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