{"id":3805,"date":"2019-07-23T06:55:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T05:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2019-07-21T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:27:09","slug":"why-does-productivity-suffer-in-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/why-does-productivity-suffer-in-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does productivity suffer in summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you find your productivity levels drop as temperatures rise, don’t beat yourself up trying to find out why – it might not even be your fault! Here’s why…<\/p>\n

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Does your productivity suffer in the summer?<\/h2>\n

If you find yourself tempted to slack off from work in the summer months, you’re not alone – a study from the Captive Network<\/a>, a US-based digital media company, has found productivity drops by a massive 20% between June and August.<\/p>\n

Not only that, attendances also decreased by 19% during these months, and workers claimed to be 45% more distracted.<\/p>\n

Similarly, a study from Grasshopper<\/a>, an entrepreneurial network, found that 25% of office workers felt their productivity decreased in the summer, with 33% admitting to daydreaming more at work during the hotter months.<\/p>\n

And the reason for this appears to simply be the heat – the higher the temperature the less productive we are. Not only that, but if the office is too cold then errors increase.<\/p>\n

Everything you need to know about the summer slump is in the infographic below – does any of it sound familiar?<\/p>\n

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How to keep cool in the office<\/h2>\n

If you find yourself arguing with the intern over the thermostat, remember there are more ways to keep cool in the office, so here are some ways to keep cool in at work the summer months…<\/p>\n