Interesting Fact - Work

According to a study run by vouchercloud.com, 79% of office workers in the UK waste 4 hours and 22 minutes every day.

(On average respondents believed that they actually did 2 hours and 53 minutes of productive work.

The favourite pastimes that eat up "productive" time were:-

1.       Checking social media – 47%

2.       Reading news websites – 45%

3.       Discussing out of work activities with colleagues – 38%

4.       Making hot drinks – 31%

5.       Smoking breaks – 28%

6.       Texting /instant messaging – 27%

7.       Eating snacks – 25%

8.       Making food in office – 24%

9.       Making calls to partner/ friends- 24%

10.   Searching for new jobs – 19%

Average time spent on each distraction:

1.       Checking social media – 44 minutes

2.       Reading news websites – 1 hour 5 minutes

3.       Discussing out of work activities with colleagues – 40 minutes

4.       Making hot drinks – 17 minutes

5.       Smoking breaks – 23 minutes

6.       Text/instant messaging – 14 minutes

7.       Eating snacks – 8 minutes

8.       Making food in office– 7 minutes

9.       Making calls to partner/ friends – 18 minutes

10.   Searching for new jobs- 26 minutes

I'm lucky # 1 and 2 are part of my job. )