You may have been feeling that you are doing more and more work with fewer and fewer resources during the last years, and you are not alone.  Because of the current economic environment and job insecurity, employees keep experiencing added pressures.

In March 2010, InterCall, a conferencing and collaboration service provider, conducted a survey of 2500 American workers who use technology in their everday lives.  The results reflect these pressures:

• Required to do more with fewer resouces (48%)
• Doing the jobs of two people (39%)
• Challenging to take time off from work (47%)
• Feel a need to stay connected 24/7 (30%)

It is all very well to fill in the gaps during a downturn, hoping for a turnaround when more employees are hired and pressures will ease.  This often leads to increased time management training and development of skills.  However the interesting question is whether there will be a lessening of the workload once things are on a more even keel. 

Will your excess of work become the norm for office organizing routines  instead of a temporary situation?