Brit employees waste 2 weeks a year looking up lost information

Brits receive 36 mails a day and this overwhelming data make them enjoy their job less.

Office workers in Britain waste almost two weeks a year sifting through emails and electronic documents searching for lost information on their computers,a new study has found.

The research conducted by One Poll surveyed 2,000 British office workers,and found that on average workers attended one meeting and made five telephone or conference calls a day.

According to the research commissioned by work management firm Mindjet,British workers receive 36 mails in their inbox every day,and even this seemingly small number is leaving employees overwhelmed.

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One in 10 participants said they felt overwhelmed data made them enjoy their job less.

This research has shown it doesnt take much to feel like were drowning in data at work, Chris Harman,Mindjets regional vice president for Northern Europe,Middle East and Africa said.

The way we have to work today involves assimilating information from many sources and the fact were struggling to do this is a very real business issue — one that will only increase as we enter the big data era.

Something as simple as searching for information can have a big effect at a time when businesses are looking to free up employees time to be more innovative and productive in order to stimulate the growth most are looking for in 2012, he added.