Employee Productivity
Question:
How many hours per day do employees lose to non-work related activity?
Answer:
2.09 hours.
A survey carried out in June 2005 by AOL and Salary.com found the average office
worker admits to 2.09 hours of time-wasting per eight hour day. This was more than
twice the level expected by Human Resource managers. Employee time wasting is more
prevalent in certain sectors, with the Insurance industry and Public sector worst
affected.
Also, younger employees are far more likely to engage in excessive time wasting.
The average time wasted per day by an individual aged between 20 and 25 is over
three times that of a person aged 45 to 55.
Question:
What are the biggest distractions for employees?
Answer:
Surfing the internet, socialising with co-workers and taking extended or excessive
breaks.
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45% Web |
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This includes web surfing, online gaming and gambling, emailing friends and family,
instant messaging, chat rooms, downloading pictures and music
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23% Socializing |
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Socializing with co-workers
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19% Personal |
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This includes arriving late/leaving early, conducting personal business or running
errands off-premises, personal phones calls, applying for other jobs etc.
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13% Other |
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Miscellaneous |
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Many other studies have similar findings
- A survey of 1,500 office workers in the UK conducted for The Captor Group found
that over eighty percent of workers went online for personal reasons when they should
have been working. Of these over one third said they average around 30 mins a day
on personal web browsing and email and over eight percent said they spent over two
hours a day online when they should have been working.
- A study carried out by Blue Coat Systems of personal Instant Messaging use among
300 UK and US workers found that 32% of UK workers spent more than 30 minutes IMing
per day and that 10% spent more than one hour chatting on IM per day.
- A survey conducted by Websense calculated internet misuse costs US businesses $178
billion through lost productivity. This translates into a loss of more than $5,000
per employee per year.
- A British Telecom funded study found that 30% of UK SMEs were losing 1 day's work
per week per employee to internet misuse. Any company that comprehensively tackled
the time wasting could see profits jump by 15%
Question:
How many hours per day do my employees spend on non work related activity?
Answer:
Journal is the only tool that can tell you
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How much time your employees spend browsing particular websites, emailing certain
people or Instant Messaging friends
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The frequency and duration of employee breaks
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The number of hours per day employees spend on work related activity
- And much more
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