The state of field teams in France
Daily life, constraints and efficiency: what field teams are really experiencing in 2026
They keep your operations running. For the first time, more than 1,000 of them are telling us what they are really going through.
A reality on the ground under tension
Behind apparent stability, teams face continuous pressure and instructions that are often misunderstood.
91%
field teams have already applied instructions without understanding why
52%
field teams do not fully understand what is being asked of them
61%
field teams describe their day under constant tension
The difficulties that weigh down daily life
Information does not flow well in quantity and in timing
88%
Apply instructions without being certain that they are adapted to their reality on the ground.
Inappropriate instructions
90%
Receive too much information at the same time to process everything properly.
Information overload
84%
Have difficulty identifying what is really a priority among the information received.
Unclear priorities
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Feel a gap between what we ask for and what they can do
61%
Reason #1
The lack of time, not the lack of skills
What would really help them
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The feeling of progress is almost unanimous.
95%
And the levers that are popular are pragmatic:
Chaque secteur a ses propres fractures
46%
Gap tools
best tools (+20 pts)
42%
Structural overload
workload too high (+12pts)
37%
Relationship stress
difficult customers (+13 pts)
35%
Right to make mistakes
right to make a mistake (+21pts)
48%
Lack of exchanges
exchanges as leverage #1 (+16pts)
27%
Sense deficit
bad internal com (+10pts)
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But in fact, who are the field teams?
We did an initial study just for that.
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