Biggest Workplace Time Wasters

Biggest WORK PLACE • TIME WASTERS. SOCIALIZING 23.4% say socializing with co-workers was their #1 distraction at work. 14% say that talking with co-workers was their #1 time waster. SOCIAL NETWORKING facebook 77% of workers who have a Facebook account use it during work, and for some that means spending up to 2 hours on the site. Most Popular Time-Wasting Websites: 41% facebook 37% Linked in 31% YAHOO! 28% 33 minutesadasRow much time workers spent just a 8% twitter 4% Pinterest SURFING THE NET www. 64% say they visit non-work related websites every day during work hours. 45% reported that surfing the web for personal use was their #1 distraction at work. job vacancies JOB HUNTING 69% 46% of employed respondents say they're either actively seeking a new job or open to job offers. reported spending time job hunting during work hours on company computers. MEETINGS 33 minutes a day is how much time workers spent just attempting to schedule meetings. 47% say their biggest time-waster is having to attend too many meetings. 11% say meetings are their #1 time waster. TAKING CARE OF PERSONAL NEEDS Respondents in a poll said the following was their #1 distraction at work 6.8% 3.1% 2.3% 1.0% Conducting personal business Running errands off-premises Making personal phone calls Planning personal events DEALING WITH UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS 37% say their biggest time waster is fixing other people's mistakes. TI% say dealing with computer glitches is their #1 time waster. COMMUNICATION workers reported 36% of their time wasted was 74 minutes a day are 74:00 calling. wasted trying to contact spent trying to contact people customers or colleagues. and find key information. DISTRACTIONS 36% 27% 22% of disrupted computing tasks say dealing with annoying coworkers is their biggest can result in more than 2 hours of time taken to return report their biggest time waster is having to do unproductive busy work. waste of time. to their previous task. DAYDREAMING polled said spacing out 4% was their #1 distraction at work. 23% of employees reported wasting time out of boredom. Sources.: CYAST http://mashable.com/2012/04/13/wasting-time-work/ http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-time-wasting_b27478 http://business.salary.com/why-how-your-employees-are-wasting-time-at-work/ http://www.usacctv.com/docs/wasted_time_work_costing_companies_billions.pdf http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/horvitz/chi_2007_iqbal_horvitz.pdf http://www.cnbc.com/id/49357575/Survey_69_Percent_of_Employed_Are_Job_Hunting http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135795/Study_Facebook_use_cuts_productivity_at_work