'Badmin' | Employees are wasting an entire month of their year on unnecessary tasks

Business productivity is being stunted by a mountain of unnecessary ‘badmin’, threatening business performance as the UK enters recession.

That’s according to new research from Personio, Europe’s leading HR software company for SMEs, which finds that nearly half (44%) of employees report that their business is being slowed down by inefficient processes, admin, and too many repetitive tasks – and a further 42% say too much of their time is taken up by workplace tasks that have nothing to do with their job.

On average, employees are spending just over 3 hours per week on these tasks. For someone working full time at 37.5 hours per week, this equates to over 8% of their working week – and means one working month of the year, on average, is lost to workplace tasks unrelated to an employee’s core role.*

Not only is this deluge of ‘badmin’ damaging productivity, but it’s also threatening employees’ experience at work. 1 in 4 (24%) employees say they are unhappy with their employer and nearly 4 in 10 employees (37%) are still planning to look for another job in the next 6-12 months.