How much time do u waste??

Came across this article on rediff

http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/aug/03jobs.htm

I for one waste 60/70% of the day work time on internet.... reason.... lack of challenging and quantity of work...

Is it actually a waste of time??: If i consider for work.... no because the work is update (except filing... its so boring 😆).... but for my personal enhancement its more of opportunity than a waste.... as i can interact with people... use my brain in DM and my creativity in stories....

i wonder if i can utilise this time for writing a book i want to write for long time.... only hurdle is i tend to write too short and hence the book wont go even 10 pages with full story line 😆.... okkk

so i think its not exactly a waste of my time of qualitative work but yes waste (employer's point) of working time... how much time u spend from work😊

Americans waste 20% of work day

PTI | August 03, 2007 | 11:45 IST

American employees waste 20 per cent of their time at work on personal Internet use, socialising with co-workers and conducting personal business, according to a survey.

The 2007 Wasting Time Survey conducted by Salary.com, Inc. reveals that the average employee wastes 1.7 hours of a typical 8.5 hour work day.

Interestingly, the reasons for wasting time cover both extremes. While many employees admit to wasting time because they don't have enough work to do (17.7 per cent), the second most popular response is 'my hours are too long' (13.9 per cent).? Employees also cite being underpaid (11.8 per cent) and a lack of challenging work (11.1 per cent) as reasons for slacking on the job.

"While a certain amount of wasted time is built into company salary structures, our research indicates that companies with a challenged and engaged workforce can expect more productivity in return," states Bill Coleman, chief compensation officer at Salary.com.

While the amount of time wasted at work may appear high, it has actually declined 19 per cent since the first survey in 2005.

At that time employees reported wasting an average of 2.09 hours per day and, in 2006, the figure receded to 1.86 hours. This trend is likely the result of numerous factors, including a growing economy, increases in employee productivity and a tightening labour market.

"A shortage of labour and tighter company budgets have resulted in an increased burden on employees who now have less time available to waste," Coleman said.

"This translates into a greater return for companies but increases the risk of employee burnout.When increasing workloads, organisations should also allow a certain amount of flexibility for employees to conduct personal business or take a mental breather."

Although the amount of wasted time has steadily declined, companies are still paying billions in salaries for which they receive no direct benefit.

As in previous years, personal Internet use (34.7 per cent of respondents), socialising with co-workers (20.3 per cent) and conducting personal business (17.0 per cent) remain the leading time-wasting activities. Respondents also report making personal phone calls and taking long breaks to run errands while on the job.

The survey also reveals that younger workers waste more time than their older counterparts, with employees between 20-29 years old reporting the highest total 2.1 hours per day. The average for 30-39 year olds drops to 1.9 hours and ages 40-49 report wasting just 1.4 hours per day.

Survey respondents also feel that some of their work-related activities are a waste of time including: fixing someone else's work (18.1 per cent), dealing with?office politics (16.2 per cent) and sending or responding to emails (13.1 per cent).

How can you tell if you are addicted? Here are some typical warning signs:

1. Do you feel preoccupied with the Internet (think about previous on-line activity or anticipate next on-line session)?
   
2. Do you feel the need to use the Internet with increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfaction?
   
3. Have you repeatedly made unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop Internet use?
   
4. Do you feel restless, moody, depressed, or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop Internet use?
   
5. Do you stay on-line longer than originally intended?
   
6. Have you jeopardized or risked the loss of significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity because of the Internet?
   
7. Have you lied to family members, therapist, or others to conceal the extent of involvement with the Internet?
   
8. Do you use the Internet as a way of escaping from problems or of relieving a dysphoric mood (e.g., feelings of helplessness, guilt, anxiety, depression)?

If you can answer "yes" to five or more of the questions, then you may suffer from Internet addiction. Often time, users are not sure if they suffer from Internet addiction, they suspect because they spend long hours in front of the computer that they may have a problem.

Based upon national surveys, research has shown that Internet addiction can affect people from different age groups, cultural backgrounds, vocations, and educational levels. Graphs from early studies showed that mostly high-tech workers and people that were home during the day (i.e., homemaker, disabled, retired, students) were the most at risk to develop a problem with the Internet. Generally, they were online less than one year and chat rooms and interactive online games were the most addictive applications..

Duration of online use is broken down as follows:

Clinical research classifies the most addictive online applications:

Yes.. i agree most of time is spent on the internet daily.. primarily on IF and research.. When i am in school.. i am normally in the library on the net.. and sometimes i have even missed some imporant Criminal Law classes.. but I think i can balance my internet addiction with work very and manage to catch up in school and at work.. 😃

Q: How much time do you waste?

A: A lot 😛

Originally posted by: rutumodi915

Q: How much time do you waste?

A: A lot 😛

😆😆😆 good one rutu. short and sweet and to the point😆

I am with you here girl!!!

Originally posted by: rutumodi915

Q: How much time do you waste?

A: A lot 😛

I do waste lot of my leisure time on DM! But I don't think its waste of time ! Becuase I learnt/am learning somany things here:

• Knowledge wise gaining a lot 😛😆😊
• Personality Development wise immeasurable
• Whatever happens I all the folks in DM are intelligent and I like to fight/debate/chat with all these intelligent people only with the hope to gain some knowledge from them
• Here the spamming is also intelligent and classy😊,so I can't miss anything on DM

Cheers,

Myth