purpleskyz
9th May '08 Fri, 09:35
According to a survey on Salary.com, employees admit to “wasting” approximately 2.09 hours of each work day. How do they waste the time? Surfing the Net, chatting with co-workers, making personal phone calls, and running personal errands.
Here’s how the time wasting break down:
1. Surfing the Internet — 44.7 percent
2. Socializing with co-workers — 23.4 percent
3. Conducting personal business — 6.8 percent [this means calling your hairstylist to schedule an appointment or running a dry-cleaning business out of your cube.]
4. Spacing out — 3.9 percent
5. Running errands off-premise — 3.1 percent
6. Making personal phone calls — 2.3 percent
7. Applying for other jobs — 1.3 percent
8. Planning personal events — 1.0 percent
9. Arriving late/leaving early — 1.0 percent
10. Other — 12.5 percent
Also according to the survey, the way in which time is wasted also varies by age:
* 58-77 years old: 0.50 hours per day
* 48-57 years old: 0.68 hours per day
* 38-47 years old: 1.19 hours per day
* 28-37 years old: 1.61 hours per day
* 22-27 years old: 1.95 hours per day
How do you “waste” time? :D
Here’s how the time wasting break down:
1. Surfing the Internet — 44.7 percent
2. Socializing with co-workers — 23.4 percent
3. Conducting personal business — 6.8 percent [this means calling your hairstylist to schedule an appointment or running a dry-cleaning business out of your cube.]
4. Spacing out — 3.9 percent
5. Running errands off-premise — 3.1 percent
6. Making personal phone calls — 2.3 percent
7. Applying for other jobs — 1.3 percent
8. Planning personal events — 1.0 percent
9. Arriving late/leaving early — 1.0 percent
10. Other — 12.5 percent
Also according to the survey, the way in which time is wasted also varies by age:
* 58-77 years old: 0.50 hours per day
* 48-57 years old: 0.68 hours per day
* 38-47 years old: 1.19 hours per day
* 28-37 years old: 1.61 hours per day
* 22-27 years old: 1.95 hours per day
How do you “waste” time? :D