IBM propaganda: 200,000 MACs have made for a happier, more productive workforce!

[gunug]

I'm sure for a lot of us no study was necessary!

In the study presented on Tuesday, IBM says that employees that used Mac machines were 22 percent more likely to exceed expectations in performance reviews compared to Windows users. Mac-using employees generating sales deals have 16% larger proceeds as well.

"The state of IT is a daily reflection of what IBM thinks and feels about its employees," said Fletcher Previn, CIO, IBM. "I've said it before - when did it become OK to live like the Jetsons at home but the Flintstones at work? We aim to create a productive environment for IBMers and continuously improve their work experience, and that's why we introduced our employee-choice program to IBM employees in 2015."

Turning to employee satisfaction, the first-of-its-kind study shows that Mac users were 17 percent less likely to leave IBM compared to their Windows counterparts. Mac users also were happier with the software available, with 5 percent asking for additional software compared to 11 percent of Windows users.

https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/213710/ibms-200-000-macs-have-made-a-happier-more-productive-workforce

[Xairbusdriver]

Not sure about the use of the word “propaganda” which is often related to biased if not completely false information. I could easily see this statement as “propaganda” if it was issued by Apple.

[Xairbusdriver]

Good news for IBM, but here's another "non-scientific" view of the report:

Previn summed up IBM’s view of the research by saying, “Hopefully, you’re sort of making a Venn diagram where you say, ‘There’s a lot of corroboration here for it to all be independently fluke.’ … You have to draw your own conclusions here about cause and effect. This is what the data is telling us.”

Our non-scientific takeaway from all this? People who choose Macs make great employees, at least if they’re given Macs to use. But we Mac users already knew that, right?

Happy employees usually make good employees.

[Highmac]

I've worked in places that used Macs, and others with Windows. Both included places I couldn't wait to get out of and ones I enjoyed. Certainly happier with Macs (IIcx was the first one) but the management was... not brilliant. I got out and found myself working in a place using mainframe computers with green screens.


I feel it is a bit odd surveying only the computers used, and not considering other elements which could persuade people to leave/stay. Which may be what Previn was saying, but I'll have to research Venn diagram 

[Xairbusdriver]

I think what he is saying is to confirm there is a difference between cause and effect. That is a difficult distinction for many, especially in politics.