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Why Documents Are Dragging Us Down
The data points referenced above come from a study commissioned by Adobe, produced by research firm Edelman Berland and conducted as an online
survey among a total of 5,038 office professionals in five countries, age 18-70, employed full time and working with a computer on a daily basis. The global data
presented in total in the report uses an aggregate of five countries (U.S.A., U.K., Germany, France, and Australia). Data was collected Feb. 8-20, 2015 by Edelman
Berland. The margin of error +/- 3.0%. For more information and graphics on the research results visit www.adobe.com/go/paperjam.
Professionals are fed up with
antiquated business processes.
83%
Paperwork is more than a source of frustration:
it’s a bottleneck to getting real work done.
Even in this digital world,
people still cling to paper.
feel their success and ability to
be productive are slowed down
by inefficient processes.
61%
would change jobs even if the
only benefit was dramatically
less paperwork.
MORE THAN 1IN 4
believe mundane tasks and
inefficient processes hold back
their career advancement.
report mundane tasks and inefficient processes
distract them from more important tasks.
say it stops them from doing their best work.
55%
49%
80%
“ “Not being able to find
documents I know exist
and version control are
most frustrating.”
APPROXIMATELY
“ “The volume of
email attachments
has made my work life
more complicated.”
ALMOST HALF
43%
“
APPROXIMATELY
70%
“When I've lost important
information and documents,
computer or hard drive failure
was responsible."
“Going paper free saves time, is fast and easy.”
However
52% 76% 50%
admit to being
emotionally
attached
to paper
documents.
say they
rely on paper
documents
at work.
believe they
will be reliant
on paper
five years
from now.
4/5 AGREE
Documents lag behind other
forms of media in going digital.
PHOTOS
64% are digital
MUSIC
57% is digital
DOCUMENTS
41% are digital
They expect access to important
information from anywhere.
Personal Work
65%60%
YET ONLY
of their documents are
stored in the cloud.6%