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| Office worker survey: Moaners and noisy eaters among top gripes | Office worker survey: Moaners and noisy eaters among top gripes |
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| If your colleague munching loudly on their lunch is driving you mad then you're not alone. | If your colleague munching loudly on their lunch is driving you mad then you're not alone. |
| Noisy or messy eaters, alongside moaning, were among the top complaints of 1,000 office workers asked to name their biggest workplace irritations. | Noisy or messy eaters, alongside moaning, were among the top complaints of 1,000 office workers asked to name their biggest workplace irritations. |
| The survey, commissioned by electronics giant Samsung, suggests distractions caused by colleagues led to workers losing 22 minutes each day on average. | |
| However, workers said issues with technology were their biggest problem. | However, workers said issues with technology were their biggest problem. |
| An overwhelming majority (92%) said crashing computers and slow internet annoyed them and resulted in them losing almost half an hour of working time a day on average. | An overwhelming majority (92%) said crashing computers and slow internet annoyed them and resulted in them losing almost half an hour of working time a day on average. |
| The other issue bothering office workers was the temperature - with 82% saying being too hot or too cold was their biggest frustration. | The other issue bothering office workers was the temperature - with 82% saying being too hot or too cold was their biggest frustration. |
| In total, irritations involving colleagues, IT problems and workplace issues resulted in workers wasting five-and-a-half hours a week, Samsung suggests. | |
| The biggest risk to businesses is that such annoyances could push people into quitting. | The biggest risk to businesses is that such annoyances could push people into quitting. |
| Almost a third of those surveyed said they had left a job because of an irritating colleague, 20% because of the workplace itself and 10% because of technology frustrations. | Almost a third of those surveyed said they had left a job because of an irritating colleague, 20% because of the workplace itself and 10% because of technology frustrations. |
| The survey by consultancy Censuswide questioned 1,000 workers from small UK firms with under 250 employees. | The survey by consultancy Censuswide questioned 1,000 workers from small UK firms with under 250 employees. |
| University of Manchester professor Sir Cary Cooper, who specialises in workplace issues, said addressing the issue could help improve productivity: | University of Manchester professor Sir Cary Cooper, who specialises in workplace issues, said addressing the issue could help improve productivity: |
| "This is a big issue for the UK as it currently sits 7th in the G7 and 17th in the G20 on productivity per person, showing that these distractions could be causing a big impact." | "This is a big issue for the UK as it currently sits 7th in the G7 and 17th in the G20 on productivity per person, showing that these distractions could be causing a big impact." |
| Office life bugbears | Office life bugbears |
| Technology: crashing computers, slow internet, no access to emails | Technology: crashing computers, slow internet, no access to emails |
| Colleagues: moaning, eating loudly or messily, interruptions while talking | Colleagues: moaning, eating loudly or messily, interruptions while talking |
| Workplace: being too hot or too cold, uncomfortable seats, messy workplace | Workplace: being too hot or too cold, uncomfortable seats, messy workplace |
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