People work an average of 45 hours a week; they consider about 17 of those hours to be unproductive (U.S.: 45 hours a week; 16 hours are considered unproductive).
People spend 5.6 hours each week in meetings; 69 percent feel meetings aren’t productive (U.S.: 5.5 hours; 71 percent feel meetings aren’t productive).
Women had an average productivity score of 72 percent, compared with 71 percent for men (U.S.: women, 70 percent; men, 68 percent).
Workers said they receive an average of 42 e-mail messages per day (U.S.: 56).
The most common productivity pitfalls are unclear objectives, lack of team communication and ineffective meetings — chosen by 32 percent of respondents overall — followed by unclear priorities at 31 percent and procrastination at 29 percent (U.S.: procrastination, 42 percent; lack of team communication, 39 percent; ineffective meetings, 34 percent).
