• Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one
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    30 days ago

    Not to be a buzzkill but the article is kind of about productivity lost because businesses don’t upgrade their equipment.

    Research released by the Federal Reserve last month concludes that each additional year companies delay upgrading equipment results in a productivity decline of about one-third of a percent, with investment patterns accounting for approximately 55% of productivity gaps between advanced economies.

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      30 days ago

      Buddy of mine made a point of walking and chatting around the office. When his boss got fed up with that and called him out, he pointed to the PC where you saw the progress bar slooowly creeping upwards. Those old PCs were replaced in record time.

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      29 days ago

      decline of about one-third of a percent

      something that can be easily offset by switching that in-person meeting into an email or cutting a useless middle-management position.