Every day, your people lose the equivalent of a full feature movie just searching for information.
Employees want to do meaningful work. But too often, they spend their days hunting for it. According to a Forester report, across enterprises, workers lose about 2.4 hours a day simply trying to find the right document, the latest version of a spreadsheet, or an answer buried in an email chain.
That’s nearly 30% of the week gone before the real work begins.
Where the Time Goes
- Spreadsheet sprawl. Dozens of conflicting versions, no single source of truth.
- Inbox archaeology. Hunting through email chains for attachments.
- App overload. Jumping between 10–12 systems for one update.
- Permission dead ends. Knowing the data exists but not having access.
It’s no wonder productivity drops and frustration builds.
The Ripple Effects
The hunt isn’t just wasted time. It’s a drag on the business:
- Slower decisions. Leadership can’t move fast without trusted information.
- Mistakes. Outdated data leads to bad calls.
- Employee disengagement. Morale plummets when people feel unproductive.
- Customer impact. Delays and errors ripple outward, damaging CX.
Why More Tools Make It Worse
Leaders often respond by adding new platforms to “organize” the chaos. But without integration, every new tool is just another place to search.
The Fix: Unified Access
What employees need isn’t another system. They need one way to search across all systems. That’s what federated search delivers:
- Real-time, permission-aware access across every tool.
- A single interface instead of endless toggling.
- Accurate, trusted results every time.
Imagine the Shift
A sales rep prepping for a client call doesn’t have to dig through CRM records, Slack threads, and product databases. With federated search, she types the client’s name once and sees live usage metrics, open tickets, and the latest proposal in seconds.
That’s not just efficiency. That’s velocity.
The SWIRL Difference
You don’t need another app to manage the chaos. You need a way to make all your apps work together. SWIRL’s federated search eliminates the daily scavenger hunt by giving every employee a single pane of glass across the enterprise. Faster answers. Fewer wasted hours. More time for the work that matters.