p2p news / p2pnet: If you’re in Britain and you’re using an old PC at work, it’s probably making you unhappy. Very unhappy.

That’s one of the conclusions in a new UK study.

Tickbox.net surveyed office workers (1,136 in the UK, 920 in France and 646 in Germany) and concluded:

• UK users of outdated equipment are 18% more likely to take a "week plus" in sick leave
• Job satisfaction is lower among those who use old PCs
• Three-Quarters of users say they could be more productive with newer computers

"More than a third (35%) of UK office workers are using computers and monitors which are five years old or possibly more, the European figure is 39%," says the study.

"In this group, women are almost twice as likely as men to have old equipment. In the UK, Scottish workers are least likely of all to have equipment which is less than a year old (17.6% compared with a national average of 26.4%)."

Other findings:

• Britis are most likely to have IT equipment less than a year old (26%)
• For France and the UK, using outdated IT is the most annoying factor of office life
• 27% of Britons using three-year-old equipment are dissatisfied with their day-to-day role
• 17% of French users of five-year-old computers/monitors took more than 10 days sick-leave a year compared with 9.6% of the overall workforce
• 75% of office workers with five-year-old equipment agreed that they would be more productive if their workspace was upgraded
• 42% of Germans think a better monitor would deliver a ‘big improvement’ to their workspace

In the UK, the research found that amongst users of old equipment (5 years or more)

• 24% are quite or very dissatisfied with their day-to-day role
• 11% took more than 10 days sick-leave compared with 8% in the workforce generally
• 77% say they could be more productive
• 23% are envious of senior workers with better IT equipment

Go here for PDFs of the full releases.

Also See:
Tickbox.net. – One-Third of UK and 39% of European Office Workers Damaging Their Health, Productivity and Motivation With ‘Old’ IT Equipment, May 9, 2006

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