Internet Surfing : Top Time Wasting Activity at Work

Internet Surfing is the top Time Wasting Activity as per the results of a study on wasted time at work released by compensation specialist Salary.com and Web portal America Online.

CNET reports that in this survey of 10,000 employees, 44.7 percent of respondents cited internet surfing as their primary time wasting activity, followed by socializing with co-workers (23.4 percent) and conducting personal business (6.8 percent).

Some more snippets from the CNET report

“The average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per day, not counting lunch, according to the report. That’s far more time than the roughly one hour per day employers expect the average employee to waste, the report said.”

“Unproductive hours on the job may have something to do with workdays growing longer. ”

“Average hours wasted per person, per day, were highest in the insurance industry, at 2.5 hours per day. The public sector (excluding education) was second at 2.4 hours per day, followed by research & development at 2.3 hours a day. The “Software & Internet” industry ranked fifth, at 2.2 hours a day.”

Time management is important in our lives. Internet is an effective medium to get work done and save time. So the internet is an effective component of time management. Wasting time is about surfing without purpose or merely for fun and time pass. So if you are reading this post, are you wasting your time? I wonder …