The document provides 12 shocking statistics that highlight how the modern workforce is changing and forcing facility managers to reinvent the workspace environment. Key points include: 1) One workspace can cost up to $14,000 per year; 2) More than 60% of employees feel unsupported or disengaged at work; 3) By 2025, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce and expect technology in the workplace. The statistics aim to convince facility managers that they must adapt to changing workforce needs by embracing technology and tools.

1. EVERY Facilities Manager
SHOULD KNOW
SHOCKING
STATISTICS
®

2. CHANGES IN TODAY'S WORKFORCE ARE FORCING FACILITY
MANAGERS REINVENT THE WORKSPACE ENVIRONMENT.
THESE CHANGES HAVE BROUGHT THE INEVITABLE
GROWTH OF THE FACILITY MANAGEMENT FIELD, AS WELL
AS FM SOFTWARE.
THOSE WHO DO NOT EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY AND ALL OF
ITS TOOLS ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND.
WE ROUNDED UP A FEW STATISTICS THAT ARE SURE
TO GET YOU THINKING, IF NOT TOTALLY CONVINCE YOU,
THAT THE WORKFORCE IS CHANGING,
AND WE ALL HAVE TO ADAPT.

3. ONE WORKSPACE
FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
EMPLOYEE CAN COST
AN ORGANIZATION UP TO
#1
$14,000 PER YEAR.

4. #2
OF EMPLOYEES
ARE SOMEHOW
UNSUPPORTED,
DETACHED OR
DISENGAGED
AT WORK.
MORE
THAN
60%

5. REGARDING WORK-LIFE BALANCE
IN A POLL CONDUCTED BY OECD.
(OUT OF 23 COUNTRIES)
#3
DEAD LAST
THE UNITED STATES IS

6. THE TYPICAL BUSINESS COULD SAVE
#4$11,000 PER PERSON PER YEAR
WITH TELECOMMUTING
UP TO $7,000 THEMSELVES
AND EMPLOYEES COULD SAVE

7. WILL BE
MILLENNIALS
WHO ARE
TECHNOLOGY
NATIVES &
EXPECT IT IN
THE WORKPLACE.
#5BY
2025
OF THE
WORKFORCE
75%

8. #6THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SPENDS
PER DAY ONLINE,
&
81% OF NORTH AMERICA
USES THE INTERNET
5.2 HOURS

9. #7
ALMOST
OF PROFESSIONALS
USE THEIR MOBILE
DEVICE TO
CHECK EMAIL,
OF THE UNITED STATES
IS ON A MOBILE DEVICE.
WHILE
80%
101%

10. #8
maintaining a social network presence.
NEARLY 1.8 BILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY
utilize at least one social network,
WITH
56%
OF AMERICANS

11. THROUGH FM TECHNOLOGY, COMPANIES
REDUCTION IN OVERALL
MAINTENANCE
COSTS
REDUCTION IN
LEASE COSTS
REDUCTION
IN TOTAL COST
OF OCCUPANCY
#9
5%
3.5%
3.3%
$AVE IN AVERAGE

12. ACCORDING TO A
GLOBAL INDUSTRIES ANALYTICS REPORT,
THE FM INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO GROW
#10
BEFORE 2017.
$400 BILLION
BY ALMOST

13. #11 IWMS SOFTWARE SALES BY 2018
ARE EXPECTED TO HIT REVENUES
OF ALMOST $1.7 BILLION WORLDWIDE.

14. #12 THERE ARE 29,233 BOOKS ON AMAZON
REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF FM.
THE RELEASE OF IOFFICE'S
WIDE OPEN WORKSPACE:
TRAILBLAZING SOLUTIONS
FOR TOMORROW'S
WORKFORCE
WILL MAKE THAT NUMBER
29,234.

15. Brought to you by
®
www.iofficecorp.com

16. by: Kaitlan Whitteberry
Social Media Manager iOffice, Inc.
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