Many employees who work only from home have plans to purchase new technology. This MetaFAQs reports on employees who work only from home who plan to purchase a desktop or mobile PC, notebook/laptop PC, desktop PC, Chromebook, tablet, smartphone, Apple iPhone, or Android Smartphone in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, China, and India in 2020.
Meetings are dead. Long live meetings! Are we digitally transformed yet? [TUPdate]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, December 18, 2020
During the pandemic and with many employees working from home, much of communicating with coworkers and managers has shifted online. Employees have many options and are using most of them.
Employees in video calls/conferences by employer size [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 30, 2020
Meetings! They don’t stop because of video conferencing, video calls, or group chats. This MetaFAQs details the share of employees that regularly connect online using any of their smartphones, PCs, tablets, or even game consoles. The results are split out by employer size to show whether there is a difference between smaller or larger employers.
Work meeting types by employer size [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 28, 2020
How do employees communicate for work-related matters? Do they make video calls or group video conferences, such as those over Zoom or Webex? Is there a difference for employees of smaller as compared to larger organizations? This MetaFAQs reports on how many online employees communicate for work by type, country, and employer organization size.
Rapid growth in work group chat app use [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 21, 2020
In response to the pandemic, many online employees began to work at home either occasionally or all the time. One way to collaborate and stay in touch with coworkers and managers is through group chat/discussion apps and platforms. This MetaFAQs details the rapid change between 2019 and 2020 using these communication activities by online employees, including results from the US and Germany.
Employees across industries using home PCs for work [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 11, 2020 How many employees use their home PC for work? How is this different depending on the employer’s industry? We addressed this question with the most recent wave of MetaFacts TUP/Technology User Profile 2020. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs are answers to frequently asked questions about technology users. The research…
How has Samsung’s and Apple’s smartphone share shifted among employees? [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 21, 2020 Do more employees use Apple or Samsung smartphones? How has the active installed base share changed between 2018 and 2020? This MetaFAQs reports on the active installed base of smartphones among employees in the US, Germany, and China. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs are answers to frequently asked questions…
Smartphones are workhorses [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 15, 2020 Smartphones are in widespread use, as are PCs and tablets. They are being used for more than phone calls. This MetaFAQs looks at the regular smartphone activities of employees in the US, Germany, and China, detailing the work-related activities they do. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs are answers to…
Top work-related tablet activities by country [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 10, 2020 During the COVID pandemic, many employees were suddenly working from home. Many tapped into their personally-owned devices to get work done. This MetaFAQs looks at the work-related activities being regularly done using a tablet among online adults in the US, the UK, and Germany. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs…
New work-from-home employees got new PCs in Asia – less so in Europe and the US [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 6, 2020 Working from home is a new practice for many employees during the COVID pandemic. This MetaFAQs reports on the use of new home PCs and new work PCs among employees who are new to working from home, those who had previously been working from home, and those…