Don't Let Your Boss Catch You Reading This

Stony Stevenson writes "iTnews is running a piece on the culture of cyberslacking in the business arena. Studies worldwide suggest employees spend about a fifth of their work shifts engaging in personal activities. Most of that 'wasted time' is, of course, spent online. From the article: 'A recent survey by online compensation firm Salary.com showed about six out of 10 employees in the United States acknowledged wasting time at work. About 34 percent listed personal Internet use as the leading time-wasting activity in the workplace. Employees said they did so because they were bored, worked too many hours, were underpaid or were unchallenged at work. Firms all over the world are concerned about potentially harmful effects of surfing they deem to be inappropriate may have on their company's image.'"

Comments

I don't waste time at work!

[hansamurai]

Just because I read Slashdot at work means I'm slacking off.

Just a sec, I see someone in my monitor mirror *alt-tabs to Eclipse*

Okay, I'm back, just started a 6000 test JUnit test suite so if anyone wonders if I'm being productive, I can point to the green status bar slowly approaching 100%...

Re:Didn't read the article

[xvicex]

Facebook didnt spend all my time, so I signed up for myspace as well

Solitaire

[Viceroy Potatohead]

about six out of 10 employees in the United States acknowledged wasting time at work The other four in ten were too stupefied to respond, having just played 900 consecutive games of solitaire.

Re:limit access

[mikkelm]

Yeah, productivity thrives in tightly controlled workplaces where the management doesn't trust the employees.

Poll: When reloading Slashdot every five...

[Anonymous Coward]

...seconds, what do you do when your boss comes in?

1. Claim you are researching business value of deploying Linux.

2. Fess up and tell your boss you are cyberslacking.

3. Tell your boss you are researching the viability of a CmdrTaco-based CRM.

4. You quickly hit the "boss" key combination which brings up vi in a console and opens the source code you were supposed to be finishing by the deadline.

5. You point out the window and tell your boss someone is picking the lock on his car.

Thank you. I'll be here all week!

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Re:Poll: When reloading Slashdot every five...

[rootofevil]

im all for porn too, but youd never catch me there at work.

not nearly enough privacy for all that midget on horse stuff i like.

Re:Poll: When reloading Slashdot every five...

[Oktober Sunset]

ewww! Midget on horse! That's gross, why can't you just watch dog on woman porn like everyone else.

Re:Didn't read the article

[xaxa]

Facebook and MySpace are blocked here, but not Slashdot. Presumably because IT read it.

It's not slacking off...

[Spy der Mann]

It's just that my code's compiling.

*sigh* Thanks for the title. :P

[arkham6]

So I'm eating lunch, glancing at slashdot.

My boss walks up behind me and says "Don't let your boss catch you reading this? What is that Dave?"

"Umm, its slashdot boss, and Its my lunch time."

"You know Dave, internet usage isnt for personal activities...."

*sigh*

Re:Hold on there, junior...

[Anonymous Coward]

>we are the good guys of the healthcare industry

I understand the words individually, but I simply cannot sensibly parse the phrase as a whole...

Re:Hold on there, junior...

[somersault]

You just have to read into the words. "Patient Assistance Programs and also assits with Insurance Verifications and Prior Authorizations...essentially, we are the good guys of the healthcare industry:-)"

Obviously he works for Microsoft, quietly destroying other peoples patents and valuable property, all the while sucking on candy as any good evil mastermind should.