I still get and read on occasion management publications. Today I read an article entitled Fatal Distraction, in the April issue of Small Firm Business. The article discusses productivity loss due to people whiling away their work hours wandering around the Web.
Based on a Salary.com survey of about 10,000 workers, 45% said their number one distraction at work was the Internet.
Even advertisers are targeting idle employees: see www.homesweetcube.com.
Besides the loss of productivity, the article went on to describe other problems from at work Internet use. One example is people sending email that comes from the business but deals with personal issues and opinions that a business would not want attributed to it.
The author noted that some managers spend so much time worrying about security that they have no idea of the amount of time that is wasted on the Internet.
So, get back to work.
Based on a Salary.com survey of about 10,000 workers, 45% said their number one distraction at work was the Internet.
Even advertisers are targeting idle employees: see www.homesweetcube.com.
Besides the loss of productivity, the article went on to describe other problems from at work Internet use. One example is people sending email that comes from the business but deals with personal issues and opinions that a business would not want attributed to it.
The author noted that some managers spend so much time worrying about security that they have no idea of the amount of time that is wasted on the Internet.
So, get back to work.
