Managers may think one of their key roles is to keep employees on task, but a new survey suggests that many rank-and-file employees feel they are kept from doing their jobs by time-wasting supervisors.

The survey of 606 U.S. employees was conducted by Workfront, a project management software company. Among the things that workers believe get in the way of their core tasks:

  • 42 percent say excessive oversight.

  • 43 percent say excessive emails.

  • 59 percent say wasteful meetings.

The average respondent estimates she spends only 39 percent of her day on primary job duties.

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