Ricardo Rodriguez
Senior Data Journalist
Resources
The Software Anxiety Report: Why Workers Fear New Tools
Software Finder helps businesses find and evaluate new workplace tools every day. But choosing the right software and successfully rolling it out are two very different things. We surveyed 1,006 U.S. professionals to understand what employees experience during a software transition. Many reported facing pressure, uncertainty, and gaps in support...
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How Employees Really Feel About AI in the Workplace
As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in more HR functions, employees are increasingly facing its influence on how they're trained, reviewed, and even hired or fired. To understand how workers feel about these changes, Software Finder surveyed over 1,000 employees across industries. The responses reveal a complex mix of optimism, doubt,...
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Why Onboarding Still Gets It Wrong and How to Fix It
Getting hired is just the beginning. How employees are welcomed, trained, and integrated into their new workplace can make or break their long-term success. To better understand how onboarding affects performance and retention, we surveyed 1,011 employees hired within the last two years. The results reveal where companies are falling...
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The Rise of Job Hugging: Why Workers Are Staying Put in 2026
With economic uncertainty still looming large, American workers are rethinking the risks of job hopping. A new survey reveals a striking trend: employees are holding onto their current roles tighter than ever, a behavior now dubbed "job hugging." Rather than chasing new opportunities, many are choosing stability over advancement, driven...
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The Burnout Behind the Purchase: A Study of Software Buyer Fatigue
Buying enterprise software has become a high-stakes, high-effort process for modern organizations. Evaluating tools across HR, LMS, and EHR categories often requires balancing competing priorities, stakeholders, and long-term business needs. To better understand this experience, a survey of 502 U.S. software buyers examined the time, friction, and emotional toll behind...
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AI Note Taking at Work: Benefits and Drawbacks
AI note-taking tools are quickly becoming standard in remote and hybrid workplaces, with promises to boost productivity and reduce the drudgery of manual documentation. But are they living up to the hype? A new survey of 1,000 full-time professionals explores how these tools are being used, and misused, and what...
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How B2B Buyers Are Finding Vendors Before You Ever Pitch Them
The way B2B buyers discover software vendors is changing rapidly as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in everyday research workflows. Many decision-makers now rely on AI tools to summarize vendors, compare options, and narrow shortlists before speaking with sales teams. To understand how this shift is affecting the software buying journey,...
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How Teams Are Balancing AI and Legacy Software
Artificial intelligence tools are changing how teams manage their software stacks. In 2026, some professionals reported replacing or scaling back traditional SaaS tools in favor of newer AI-powered options. Still, this shift is not absolute. Many organizations continue to rely on legacy platforms, and some are even reconsidering recent changes....
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