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Don't Let Your Boss Catch You Reading This

Posted by Zonk on from the you're-all-here-doing-research-not-a-problem dept.

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.'"

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  1. I don't waste time at work! by hansamurai · · Score: 4, Funny

    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%...

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    Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
  2. Solitaire by Viceroy+Potatohead · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.
  3. Re:limit access by mikkelm · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  4. It's not slacking off... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's just that my code's compiling.

  5. *sigh* Thanks for the title. :P by arkham6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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*

  6. Re:Poll: When reloading Slashdot every five... by rootofevil · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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    turn up the jukebox and tell me a lie
  7. Re:Poll: When reloading Slashdot every five... by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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    What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?
  8. Re:Hold on there, junior... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    >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...