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Quarter of Workers' Time Online Is Personal

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-is-why-we-created-the-idle-section dept.

sloit writes "Most people spend more than 25 per cent of their time online at work on personal activities. And 80 per cent of emails sent by volume in the workplace are personal. Bosses often have no way of tracking Internet activity or policies to define what staff can and cannot do. Paul Hortop, who reviews company network security for consultancy Voco, said the most common websites visited by personal web surfers were online trading sites, instant messaging/chat services and peer-to-peer sharing sites (allowing movie, music and software sharing)."

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  1. only a quarter? by paulatz · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's about 100% for me, e.g. I'm at work now

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    1. Re:only a quarter? by Dan+East · · Score: 5, Funny

      "I have gmail and slashdot up almost 100% of my day"

      You took an excessive 20 minutes to comment after this story was posted. You are slacking off.

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  2. No posts? by Tribbin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone reading this article started doing their job?

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  3. Re:Unlikely To Change by fbjon · · Score: 4, Funny
    25% of Workers' Time Online Is Personal, Beancounters Horrified

    "It's the principle of the matter!", commented one beancounter, completely forgetting he has the wrong principles to start with.

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  4. It's lower for me cause ... by neonprimetime · · Score: 4, Funny

    on my time sheet I record time spent on /. as Job Responsibility Training.

  5. Oblig. Office Space by darkvizier · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bob Slydell: You see, what we're actually trying to do here is, we're trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work... so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you?

    Peter Gibbons: Yeah.

    Bob Slydell: Great.

    Peter Gibbons: Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.

    Bob Porter: Da-uh? Space out?

    Peter Gibbons: Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.

  6. Re:If they were getting their work done... by VeNoM0619 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once worked a full 6 of 8 hours in one day... Turns out I did 3x more than my coworkers did.

    Now I feel guilty that I did too much and am making my peers look bad... so... you'll see me around here more :)

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