--- title: Employees say passwords are preventing them from doing their jobs description: Are passwords preventing your employees from getting back to work? 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Often, it takes employees hours to get back to work. This is according to a report from authentication company Axiad, based on a poll of 2,000 US workers, which states that the majority (60%) are prevented from doing their jobs by password-related issues. Almost the same percentage (59%) have had to reach out to IT after getting locked out of their devices, while 48% sought out help after being unable to log into productivity and collaboration apps. On many occasions, people have no one to blame but themselves, as almost half (48%) said they have forgotten their passwords at some point. It takes an average of five hours to fix these authentication issues, going up to 9+ hours in 15% of cases.  Axiad says most workers (67%) know about multi-factor authentication, but almost half (46%) of IT departments never ask staff to use anything other than passwords to protect their accounts. ## **Poor password practices** Passwords are often considered among the weakest links in the cybersecurity chain. Many employees don’t use a password generator and instead create weak passwords, while others use the same credentials across multiple services. Although cybersecurity experts recommend using a password manager to store account credentials securely, too many employees choose to write their passwords down on paper for the sake of convenience. This has become a particularly pronounced problem since most people started working from home, as being away from the office gives them a false sense of security. “Frustrations are high when so many password-based authentication issues get in the way of employees doing their job. IT leaders can and must take more initiative to move away from passwords and transition to a user-centric password-less authentication that reduces these frustrations,” said Bassam Al-Khalidi, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Axiad. "Beyond multiple passwords, multiple MFA solutions can be just as challenging for users to manage. If there’s an issue with their mobile authentication app, users need to know which platform to go to and how to fix it. These new authentication methods can’t succeed unless the solution puts the employees front and center and simplifies their login experiences,” added Al-Khalidi. ## Single Sign On is the Win Win technology Single Sign On allows users to log in once and automatically be logged in everywhere. Both users and admins benefit from Single Sign On because it improves everyone's efficiency. Users are no longer having to remember several passwords for multiple different sites. Admin not only have better security for their users, they also do not have to worry about helping users that cannot log in. It is possible to have no password at all while still being fully protected. Explore your options today, to begin the hassle-free log in process.     *Password management doesn’t need to be the weak link of your business. To learn how Single Sign On can make life easier, [watch the recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHeZh4Q_hlc) of our recent webinar showing you how it works in real time. 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