The McKinsey Global Institute predicts that up to 30 percent of task hours worked today across the US economy could be automated by 20301.
This year, CrashPlan surveyed over 2,300 U.S. workers about their employers, roles, work pressures, and satisfaction levels.
Here's what we found:
Key Finding #1
There's a striking correlation between employee happiness and backup behavior.
If you’re content,
you’ll save your content.
Our data revealed the happier employees are, the more likely they are to back up their data — validating backup frequency as a new window into employee engagement.
Always Backup
Never Backup
Key Finding #2
With the rise of AI, a new type of worker has emerged.
Human labor once forged in the fields of agriculture now finds itself in fields aggregating
data.
Those 20th-century knowledge workers who focused on finding information now find themselves forced to accelerate and augment their acumen with the addition of AI.
Knowledge workers are evolving.
To be better than the bots, they must know how to:
.… and take thoughtful risks with authentic intellect that reaps revenue rewards
for employers. To recognize patterns and make connections that no one else can.
Enter
The Idea Worker
These are the stars that keep your company in orbit, capitalizing on your capital to bring your vision, services, platform, and products to your customers while silencing the competition. They find meaning in the minutiae, take pride in their purpose, and care about their creations.
64%
Worked overtime or outside normal business hours
*25% more than other workers
15%
More likely to say they are energized by their work
They reshape your company
and come in all shapes
The Programmer
The Designer
The Professor
Data Weavers
We make the world work.
We're the engineers of tech behemoths who analyze dizzyingly daunting datasets, test swaths of software, and code the webpage you're currently on.
Giga-Rad Power-up
Best at backing up
Cybersecurity Training
Data Privacy Alertness
Data Volume
GenAI Adoption
Intellectual Property Concerns
Creative Sparks
We make what the world loves.
Welcome to the plane of possibility where light meets sound, words take action, and a thought turns into a thunderous campaign.
Cyber Scarlet Letter
Most prone to rage delete
Cybersecurity Training
Data Privacy Alertness
Data Volume
GenAI Adoption
Intellectual Property Concerns
Strategic Advisors
We make the world more informed.
We distill dissertations and depositions, and crystallize classloads or caseloads by keeping students' and clients' details safe, and soundly guiding them through the world.
Shh, It's a secret.
Gatekeepers of sensitive data
Cybersecurity Training
Data Privacy Alertness
Data Volume
GenAI Adoption
Intellectual Property Concerns
Idea workers care deeply about what they do but aren't always careful with their data.
Over half admit to not consistently backing up.
The Ever-Widening
Backup Gap
Idea Workers
Non-Idea Workers
Idea Workers’ data is distributed.
8.79%
6.69%
0
%
More likely to save work data on a personal computer
Idea Workers’ files are bigger and data-related tasks are time-consuming.
19.60%
11.02%
0
%
More likely to spend 3+ hours daily on data management
Idea Workers are using unauthorized GenAI for work.
23.33%
24.54%
0
%
Uploaded work-related data to a GenAI platform
Key Finding #4
Let's call this
the price of genius.
But the onus isn't only on them.
Organizations aren't putting the right tools and policies in place for
Idea
Workers.
0
%
of Idea Workers have not received cybersecurity training in the last year
0
%
of organizations aren’t clear about backup policies
0
%
of organizations don’t provide tools to ensure Idea Workers’ data is backed up
