The average office worker has this many programs open at once

The average office worker has this many programs open at onceThe average office worker has this many programs open at onceAs I type, I have Google Chrome open (three tabs), plus Feedly, WordPress, Trello, and Slack. According to a new survey of 2,000 office workers from GoTo about workplace distractions, Im just about normal 54% of employees have at least five different computer programs open at the same time, pinging back and forth between them throughout the workday. In many cases, the collaborative tools that were invented to help usjust end up distracting us further. Fifty-nine percent of employees say that they waste time switching between different collaboration apps throughout the day.And all this toggling leads to mistakes 57% of employees say theyve sent an email to the wrong person, and 33% say theyve sent an email or hit send on a chat before theyre ready.Distraction goes beyond work tools into personal devices and distraction. Social media, angeschlossen shopping, and ce ll phones in the office are fertile grounds for personal interference.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreAlmost everybody 94% of respondents said they looked at their personal cell phones during work hours.70% surfed social media45% took a browse around clothing or online shopping sites.A bold 21% reported using dating sites during work hours.Then came the distractions from others, possibly made worse by near-ubiquitous open-office plans loud conversations (51%), office phones ringing (49%), and the sounds of constructions (31%) were major sources of pain.While theres nothing to be done about employees distracting themselves or the near-total encroachment of Slack, for other noise, may we suggest ordering up a couple ofoffice phone booths?