Technology | 15m UK employees suffer due to internet failures

Modern life is intrinsically fuelled by access to the internet.

Whether its down to reading the news, watching YouTube videos on your commute, streaming music whilst carrying out your daily chores or chatting with colleagues via messenger in the workday, it is rare that workers detach themselves from the always-updating, always active hivemind of the internet. While the internet may have many impacts on our personal lives, it has several impacts on our professional lives too.

And in fact, it’s been proven via scientific research that our connection to the internet operates like many other forms of addiction; when we check social media, a release of endorphins replicates the feeling that gambling addicts get when they win, explained Mark D Griffiths, PhD on Psychology Today.

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As a result, it’s unsurprising that more than 15million workers displayed negative emotional responses, including greater levels of anger, impatience and worry, as a result of internet failures in the workplace last year.