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| IT Directors Forced into Four Day Week IT staff spend one day in five working on administration tasks and chores, a Vanson Bourne poll has revealed. The research, commissioned by workload automation specialist UC4, quizzed over 100 IT directors across multiple industry sectors on the impact administrative tasks have on their daily working lives. The survey revealed that 45 per cent of respondents spend 10-20 per cent of their time on admin – equivalent to one full working day; this figure is increased to 58 per cent in small companies. The research underlined the huge waste of IT talent still rife across businesses despite cost cutting measures and quick-fire initiatives to tackle the downturn. "With the recession hitting businesses hard, the fact staff are being forced to spend the equivalent of one whole working day a week on admin beggars belief. You wouldn't get the CEO to sweep the office floor, so why are highly skilled workers being forced to spend so much time on easily automated tasks?" said Alan Smith, SVP UK & Ireland, UC4. "When it comes to cost cutting, no business should allow back office processes and time consuming manual IT chores to burden talented workers." 70 per cent of those questioned were of a manager level – meaning senior members of staff are spending time on fixing problems and repetitive tasks. "Freeing up talented IT workers to concentrate on business critical projects should be a top priority in this recession. Slimming down bloated business models will help cut costs whilst ensuring manpower is channelled into vital projects. Businesses that fail to do this will struggle to survive", Smith concluded. The manufacturing and utilities sectors had the highest level of admin tasks, with respondents spending over 33 per cent of their time on repetitive paperwork. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Computing News :: home page |