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Facebook Costs American Companies a Staggering $280 Billion a Year

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:49:44 +0000

Checking your Facebook status could lead to your company’s downfall. Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but tech blogger Michael Fitzgerald was able to calculate that workers wasting time on the social networking site costs US companies $280 billion in annual productivity losses. Fitzgerald used publicly available information to conclude the average American worker spends seven minutes a [...]

Can Wasting Time Online Improve Employee Productivity?

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:38:46 +0000

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them.

“Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.

Pain Gets Naked and Runs Down the Hallway When No One is at Work [VIDEO]

Frank Pain — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:56:47 +0000

So, I was at work and had to go ask a co-worker a question. After making the rounds through the building, I realized I was the only one here. I had no idea everyone left hours ago.

So, like they say, when the cat is away, the mouse will play. I guess that means I'm the mouse.