suntimes.com — "I'd say in a given week I probably only do about 15 minutes of real, actual work," Peter tells a the consultants. Well, Peter, you're not alone. A new survey by Salary.com and America Online found the average U.S. worker fritters away 1.86 hours per 8-hour workday -- not including lunch and scheduled breaks.
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chiptinderAug 16, 2006
agreed, i spend around 2-2 1/2 hours out of 8 actually working.
sclozzaAug 17, 2006
I managed to waste 1.5 years procrastinating on even picking a topic for my honours at uni. I started yesterday, I feel dirty.
recluseAug 17, 2006
@waynechngYeah if your project manager isn't a complete douche and moron.
striker840Aug 17, 2006
cant do that where I work, we run a program called websense that filters out damn near anything. It we use it because of the type of place I work and the type of data that is on our network. I happen to be able to get to certain sites such as this because I an a nework admin/tech so I have a bit more access to the net.
sunshine07Aug 18, 2006
I think the overwhelming agreement on this site with the findings from this survey suggests that there are ALOT of people who are completely UNDERUTILIZED at work, where their talents are being left on the table untapped, leaving their full potential unrealized. My experience has been that the smartest, most capable people are often the ones most likely to be ignored, because the people at the top are rarely smart enough to recognize talent and or know how to use it! From my experiences working in IT environments, I've noticed over and over again that certain skills are in demand at a given point in time while others are kept "in reserve" and used on an "as needed" basis. Wouldn't it be great if all those hours of downtime with nothing to do could be spent working on incubator projects like the kind at Google where small teams can cook up ideas that are floated to the top for review and if successful, receiving start up funding!
gmorganAug 19, 2006
So now we know exactly how much time to waste each day then ;).
gd007Aug 19, 2006
i work 1.86 a day, which is waste. so the claim is still correct.
jcasaresNov 4, 2007
You can blacklist your web based tools so they are not counted in Timetracker