A Salary.com report finds that people unhappy with their jobs and low pay are brazenly squandering their workday.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Absent While Present: Salary.com last week released its fourth “Wasting Time at
Work” survey, which revealed that nearly three-quarters of employees confess to
squandering parts of their workday on non-job-related activities. Nearly
one-quarter say they fritter away about two hours a day. Personal Internet use
(48 percent), socializing with co-workers (33 percent) and taking care of
personal business (30 percent) are the top three culprits, as they have been for
the previous three surveys. Slacking off could signal a long-term problem:
Nearly half say they waste time because of job dissatisfaction, while about
one-third cite feeling underpaid. Waltham, Massachusetts-based Salary.com
interviewed about 2,500 employees for its survey.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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