Is a ‘bad productivity climate’ killing your efficiency? Most workers say that returning to the office makes us much less productive

• The Logitech report finds that noise is the biggest productivity killer for office workers
• Poor air quality also slows them down
• Over 70% of workers admit to being distracted at the office – so what to do

Workers are already speaking out against returning to the office, citing reduced office productivity and the loss of flexibility, and new research from Logitech backs that up – office distractions are said to cost UK businesses more than 330 million hours a year.

Nearly three in four (71%) participants agreed that office distractions reduce productivity, with a quarter losing at least an hour a week to poor “productivity climates” such as noise, lighting, air quality or outdated technology.