Wasted Time At Work Costing Companies Billions

 

 

 

I mean you no harm l3wis. We have met and I find you and your site very refreshing.

That being said…from the San Francisco Gate

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/11/wastingtime.TMP

 

For many American workers today, time’s a wastin’ – literally. According to a new survey by America Online and Salary.com, the average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per 8-hour workday, not including lunch and scheduled break-time. As a matter of practice, companies assume a certain amount of wasted time when determining employee pay. However, the America Online / Salary.com survey indicates that employees are wasting about twice as much time as their employers expect. Salary.com calculated that employers spend $759 billion per year on salaries for which real work was expected, but not actually performed.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
The biggest distraction for respondents? Personal Internet use. 44.7% of the more than 10,000 people polled cited web surfing as their #1 distraction at work. Socializing with co-workers came in second at 23.4%. Conducting personal business, “spacing out,” running errands, and making personal phone calls were the other popular time-wasting activities in the workplace.

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How many here frit away their companies hours? I only bring this up because one of our white collar contributors was appalled that a blue collar park caretaker was seen watering a tree AND reading a book…ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Oh, the horror. You white collar guys here claim you’re still doing your job. So what part of that park caretakers responsibility was he not meeting while reading that book?  To those who were outraged that a blue collar worker might actually get away with this…YOU ARE A HYPOCRIT.