A study found that companies lose 98 hours of work per year due to lack of parking

Lack of parking spaces, especially in big cities, is not just a problem for traffic and drivers’ mental health, it goes much further. To celebrate International Labor Day, in the first, EasyPark analyzed the impact of this issue on companies and employees.

According to data from parking app EasyPark, a company of 50 employees loses 98 hours of work per year due to the time its workers spend scouring the streets looking for parking. To this, you will have to add the time allotted for finding a parking meter and managing all related expenses, such as tickets for parking in regulated areas, or bill receipts for covered parking.

There are technical solutions that make it possible to reduce these inconveniences. For example, with the EasyPark app, it is not necessary to go to the parking meter to manage parking, the driver can start, extend and stop the time (in most cities) using his mobile phone, or directly on the on-board computer of your car.

Another possibility is the use of functions such as Find, by EasyPark, which shows drivers the streets where it would be easy to park, preventing them from wandering around the city looking for free spaces.

Managing company expenses

In addition to the stress of not having parking, cost management can become a conundrum for workers and businesses alike.

According to EasyPark, 32% of employees admit that they have, at some point, lost an expense receipt; 14% missed the deadline for filing their complaint; Another 14% forgot to file these expenses, and 7% simply didn’t because of the inconvenience the documents assume.

With the EasyPark application, and in the same interface of the application, employees can link their personal account with their professional account and, when parking, specify how they want to proceed with billing. If the user selects the “company” option, the parking will be invoiced to the employer, who in turn receives one monthly bill from all employees. This avoids wasting time and unnecessary paperwork in managing car parks.

“All these problems will be reduced if companies use existing technology,” said Jennifer Amador Tavares de Souza, Director of Portugal at EasyPark Group. With an app like EasyPark, they can manage all expenses digitally and in one place. Only a monthly invoice showing parking details is issued to each employee. Jennifer Souza summed up: “We all win: workers save time driving and managing their receipts, companies have more control over their expenses, and cities see fewer cars on their streets, which is reflected in their quality of life.” .