12 Mattermost | Unblock Your Workflow Developers Lose a Full Work Day on Productivity Challenges Each Week Context switching really does kill productivity — 71% of developers waste up to eight hours a week on productivity challenges. Remote Work Has Big Benefits for Dev Teams While working with distributed teams is a challenge, overall developers love working from home — over 50% said that their productivity improved as a result of working remotely. QA Testing and Automation Thrive in Remote Environments Teams that focused on QA testing and automation were 21.7% more likely to indicate remote collaboration has improved during the pandemic than all developers who responded. In fact, none of these developers indicated that collaboration got worse during the pandemic. “ I’d like a push for automated QA testing to completely replace man - ual testing. Even if it takes longer to write up front, I think it saves time in the long run.” —Software Engineer, Mattermost Developer Productivity Survey 2022