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08-06-2007, 08:00 PM
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Survey: 1.7 work hours wasted daily
Waltham-based Salary.com said today that the average employee wastes 1.7 hours of a typical 8.5 hour work day, according to its 2007 report on slacking.
According to the firm's 2007 Wasting Time Survey, more than 63 percent of respondents said they wasted time at work. 34.7 percent of respondents said they kill time at work by surfing the Web. Socializing with co-workers, at 20.3 percent, and conducting personal business, at 17 percent, were the two other leaders in time-wasting activities. The top two reasons for wasting time was not having enough work to do (17.7 percent of responders) and working hours being too long (13.9 percent).
"While a certain amount of wasted time is built into company salary structures, our research indicates that companies with a challenged and engaged workforce can expect more productivity in return," said Bill Coleman, chief compensation officer at Salary.com, in a press release.
The amount of time wasted by employees has decreased from 2005, when the first survey was conducted, by 19 percent, down from 2.06 hours. Coleman attributes the decline to the shortage of labor and tighter corporate budgets.
(By Se Young Lee, Globe correspondent)
This is a fair reflection of my typical day at work depending on how busy things are. Is it accurate for anyone else?
Survey: 1.7 work hours wasted daily
Waltham-based Salary.com said today that the average employee wastes 1.7 hours of a typical 8.5 hour work day, according to its 2007 report on slacking.
According to the firm's 2007 Wasting Time Survey, more than 63 percent of respondents said they wasted time at work. 34.7 percent of respondents said they kill time at work by surfing the Web. Socializing with co-workers, at 20.3 percent, and conducting personal business, at 17 percent, were the two other leaders in time-wasting activities. The top two reasons for wasting time was not having enough work to do (17.7 percent of responders) and working hours being too long (13.9 percent).
"While a certain amount of wasted time is built into company salary structures, our research indicates that companies with a challenged and engaged workforce can expect more productivity in return," said Bill Coleman, chief compensation officer at Salary.com, in a press release.
The amount of time wasted by employees has decreased from 2005, when the first survey was conducted, by 19 percent, down from 2.06 hours. Coleman attributes the decline to the shortage of labor and tighter corporate budgets.
(By Se Young Lee, Globe correspondent)
This is a fair reflection of my typical day at work depending on how busy things are. Is it accurate for anyone else?