Wasting Time at Work

Year of Birth : Time Wasted Per Day OLDER WORKERS WASTE LESS TIME. 1930-1949 : 0.50 hrs. 1950-1959 : 0.68 hrs. 1960-1969 : 1.19 hrs. 1970-1979 : 1.61 hrs. 1980-1985 : 1.95 hrs. 18 hrs $759 a week surfing the internet billion total during work salary cost for employers. hours THAT'S $50 BILLION MORE THAN THE ENTIRE 2011 US DEFENSE BUDGET! 64% of workers 60% of online 65% of YouTube purchases are made during regular work hours. viewers watch admit using the Internet for between personal purposes during work hours. 9AM - 5PM on weekdays when (presumably) at work. 1 77% OF WORKERS WHO HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT USE IT DURING WORK HOURS. 1 in 33 uerkers only wsed facebook at werk PERCENTAGE OF WORKERS WHO WOULD CONSIDER QUITTING THEIR JOBS IF FACEBOOK WAS BANNED: Fantasy football cost employers $10.5 billion in lost productivity. 39% 16% Only 24% of companies block access to fantasy sports sites. 7.7% say they embrace fantasy 25 - 65 18 - 24 year old's football as a morale booster year olds The 36 extra seconds the average Google visitor spent playing Pac-Man in May 2010 added up to 4.8 million of wasted hours. That's $120,483,800 in lost productivity. You could hire every single Google employee including co-founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin, & CEO Eric Schmidt for six weeks for that much money. employees' rearons for wasting time: reasons for wasting 14.7% 23.4% 33.2% FEEL LACK OF DISTRACTED BY UNDERPAID WORK CO-WORKERS Sources http://www.sfgate.com/cgl-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/11/wastingtime. TMP http://www.wiserwaystowork.com/resources/workplace_tips.shtml#CGG http://www.minitrax.com/bw/whitepapers/AIWhitePaper.pdf http://www.cio.com.au/article/367531/australian_it executives_concerned_about_shopping online_work_isaca/ http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/11/09/243832/UK-businesses-face-threat-of-risky-online-shopping-habits-study.htm http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135795/Study_Facebook_use_cuts productivity_at work http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772 3-20005958-52.html http://www.minyanville.com/special-features/articles/fantasy-football-productivity-hooters-buffalo-wild/9/20/2010/id/30172 http://blog.salary.com/hr_voice_salarycom/2010/02/lost-productivity.html http://www.cloudave.com/1304/twitter-facebook-fantasy-football-and-other-productivity-losses/ http://mashable.com/2009/10/26/social-media-productivity-cost/ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3495/is 11 53/ai_n31008278/ http://www.thestreet.com/story/10876394/why-you-should-play-fantasy-football-at-work.html http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/psst-check-out-this-youtube-clip-all-work-all-the-time-is-not-realistic/?cs=11740 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/lack-of-facebook-access-makes-you-want-to-quit-grow-up-punks/?cs=11630 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/im-users-have-only-themselves-to-blame-for-unproductivity/?cs=11629 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_at_work_helpful_or_a_hazard.php