What a waste
HRinNH
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Workers Say They Waste 2 Hours a Day
U.S. workers say they squander over two hours a day at the workplace, with surfing the Web, socializing with co-workers and simply "spacing out" among the top time-wasting activities, according to a survey released on Monday.
Most U.S. companies assume about an hour of wasted time, but workers admit to actually frittering away more than twice as much time at a cost of $759 billion in annual paid salary that results in no apparent productivity, an online survey conducted by America Online and Salary.com showed.
Wasted time did not include the standard lunch hour.
Of 10,044 employee respondents, 33 percent said they engaged in time-wasting activities because they didn't have enough work to do. Nearly a quarter of those surveyed said they squandered their work hours because they were underpaid.
Men and women wasted an equal amount of time at work, but older workers were significantly more attentive than younger workers, the survey showed. Workers over 55 years old wasted an average of just 30 minutes a day, according to the survey.
Bill Coleman, senior vice president at Salary.com, said some time-wasting activities -- such as personal use of the Internet -- can be positive, resulting in new business ideas or a happier work environment.
"There is such a thing as creative waste," said Coleman. "Not all wasted time is bad."
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So I'll take out my crossword puzzle book and see if any new ideas come to me...Cheryl C.
U.S. workers say they squander over two hours a day at the workplace, with surfing the Web, socializing with co-workers and simply "spacing out" among the top time-wasting activities, according to a survey released on Monday.
Most U.S. companies assume about an hour of wasted time, but workers admit to actually frittering away more than twice as much time at a cost of $759 billion in annual paid salary that results in no apparent productivity, an online survey conducted by America Online and Salary.com showed.
Wasted time did not include the standard lunch hour.
Of 10,044 employee respondents, 33 percent said they engaged in time-wasting activities because they didn't have enough work to do. Nearly a quarter of those surveyed said they squandered their work hours because they were underpaid.
Men and women wasted an equal amount of time at work, but older workers were significantly more attentive than younger workers, the survey showed. Workers over 55 years old wasted an average of just 30 minutes a day, according to the survey.
Bill Coleman, senior vice president at Salary.com, said some time-wasting activities -- such as personal use of the Internet -- can be positive, resulting in new business ideas or a happier work environment.
"There is such a thing as creative waste," said Coleman. "Not all wasted time is bad."
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So I'll take out my crossword puzzle book and see if any new ideas come to me...Cheryl C.
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Forum people, can you move this topic to another section so that we don't feel guilty responding to it? Thanks.
On that note, I will finish reading through my HR-deharhar and see if I can find anymore useful information that our company might need x:-) x}>
Angie B.
I remember my first job which wasn't doing actual physical work - I wrote technical inspection manuals. At first, it bothered me a lot to have my boss walk past my cubicle and see me "doing nothing". I might have been deep in thought about how to compose my next instruction, but he had caught me doing nothing, and I'd worry about it the rest of the day. Now, I've rationalized all of that