Dell’s Workforce Study showed that Canada was behind when it came to new technology. 
ITBusiness reported that a study carried out by Dell showed Canadian offices are not keeping up with new technology, and that a third of employees felt that they had a more up-to-date home office than the one they worked from. Over 40 percent felt that workplace technology was not as up-to-date as they would like, but despite these figures 77 percent said that they were “satisfied with the level of technology” at work.
The study also revealed that Canadians versus the rest of the world were behind, and that when it came to low-tech versus high-tech 45 percent preferred the former, while globally it was 29 percent. Only 50 percent said they would be willing to use virtual reality products in the office, whereas it was 66 percent in the rest of the world. Less than 50 percent believed that “artificial intelligence will make jobs easier” against 62 percent globally, while “90 percent of Canadians prefer face-to-face [meetings] over remote communication compared to 57 percent internationally”.
Despite this, 60 percent were happy to embrace the “sharing economy”, which was the same as the rest of the world, and the findings showed that the more access they had to new technology, the more they were likely to say that their workplace was not up-to-date. Millennials were found to “embrace new technology more quickly than their global peers”, and 46 percent think that they will work in an IoT (Internet of Things) smart office in the next five years, with 75 percent saying that this would make their jobs easier.
Carolyn Rollins, CMO of Dell EMC, said: “Generational shifts and the increased participation of millennials and youngers in the workforce bring growing expectations that their employers integrate the latest technologies seamlessly and securely into their working lives. While this may seem daunting for employers, it’s a business-critical opportunity for Canadian companies to be at the forefront of the future workplace.”
The report noted that “one reason so many Canadians might be satisfied with the level of technology at their jobs” is that 83 percent were “happy, period” with their jobs, especially remote (90 percent) and public sector (85 percent) employees.