A new report from Microsoft shows employees spend more time on emails, meetings and chats than doing the rest of their jobs – suggesting communication takes up more than half of workers' time.
are based on a survey of workers in various industries around the world, as well as international usage data collected from the company's Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Additionally, 60% of leaders said "a lack of innovation or breakthrough ideas on their teams is a concern." Microsoft says the average employee spends more than half of their time on communications and 43% of their time creating documents, spreadsheets and presentations. But when it comes to strategies that could reduce the time spent in these meetings, just over 1 in 3 people said they think they would be missed if they didn't attend, while most respondents said meetings are made worthwhile because they "will receive information that will help do job better."
Microsoft says 76% of people would be fine using AI for administrative tasks, 79% said they would be comfortable using the software for analytical work, and 73% said they'd use it for creative work. Most people also said they would use AI to find the right information they need , summarize their meetings and plan their day .
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