Yet another survey has come out purporting to measure how much time U.S. workers “waste” during the day, particularly on the Internet.
This one, by , surveyed 2,057 employees and said about six in 10 employees “admit to wasting time at work,” with the average worker wasting 1.7 hours in an 8.5-hour workday.
Personal Internet use, the favored scapegoat of time-management gurus everywhere, was cited as the top time-wasting activity by 34 percent of respondents, followed by socializing with co-workers (20.3 percent) and conducting personal business while at work (17 percent).
(Interestingly but predictably, the survey didn’t indicate how much of their workday employees “wasted” responding to the survey on .)
Seriously, I think this survey and most studies like it have it wrong with regard to personal Internet use, or at least they’re not looking at the whole picture. During my working life I’ve spent probably thousands of hours on the Internet for purposes that could not be classed as essential to my work. But I’d never call it “wasted” time.
Read the full interview at .
