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How much time do you waste at work?
Eavesy
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Here I have an infographic from software company Elf Productivity all about how much time we waste at work. The infographic on how much time we waste in meetings, reading pointless emails and messing about on the internet, social sites etc.
Check out the infographic by clicking the link below:
http://www.timeandattendance.co.uk/blog/index.php/how-much-time-do-you-waste-at-work/
What do you think? Can any of you think of other ways we waste time at work?
Check out the infographic by clicking the link below:
http://www.timeandattendance.co.uk/blog/index.php/how-much-time-do-you-waste-at-work/
What do you think? Can any of you think of other ways we waste time at work?
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Then you include other things such as having to travel. If like me you have to travel to customer sites which is normally outside normal hours which you don't get paid for.
Plus most jobs where social media can be accessed are not manual work which is focused on pure production. It tends to be more creative. For example if you troubleshooting an issue you not looking for results based on the time you spend on it but how quickly you can solve the issue. At times I find taking a break 5 minute walk to make a tea to get your thought process in order can be more productive than looking a screen of errors.
Emails that aren't directly relevant to what I'm doing go straight in the deleted folder and any quiet spells when I literally don't have any thing to do I spend reading bulletins and updates to make sure I'm up to date with all the latest test cases etc.
Agree. It's all a waste of time.
This time of year we are fairly slack it drives me mad.
I managed to do a whole days work in 4 hours in a job I used to have. I had to pretend to do work for another 4 hours, I figured it might pee some others off knowing they go slow or slower or get them in trouble with the boss. So, yea 4 hours of pushing a pen that didn't touch the paper, phony phone calls (called my home answer-machine), getting a coffee and walking one footstep a minute, jamming the printer so I could unjam it.
I was snowed under that day.
I really hate being CC'd it likes people love to make a point and make things seem important!
I really get annoyed if someone CC my line manager - Like it's going to scare me into doing there task before my other work
I prefer being busy than wasting but new job only goves me the opportunity to waste time.
Every now and then, (usually when I'm having a bad day generally), I send an email out to everyone, asking them to be mindful when using the CC function. Think, do you really need to CC half the flaming company when sending out emails.
This usually works for all of one or two days >:(
I sometimes think we'd be better off getting rid of emails (at work I mean). Let's start TALKING to people again (tho I usually ignore the work mobile too:D).
You may call me old fashioned if you like, but what's wrong with the carrier pigeon?
Pigeons are coo coo.
None. Nah, I spend quite a lot of time on the internet on the days I'm supposed to be working, so yeah, quite a lot.
If i finish at 9 and someone asks me to do the tea round at 8:45 i whip round the whole ward and get the round done and the tea trolley cleaned and away in time for me to finish at 8:58 and get my form signed, collect my bag and be gone at 9.
But if i start the tea round at about 8:15 i can stretch it out to take me exactly to 8:58 without it being obvious.
One of my best skills.