“Personal Internet use at work: a year-round problem on the rise?”
Posted on January 9, 2012
Filed Under Corporate Policy, Employment, Keeping your Job, Social Network, Technology in the Workplace, The Workplace | Leave a Comment
Have you ever surveyed the cubicle jungle around holiday time? Employees’ eyes are rigidly fixed on their computer monitors, mesmerized as they swiftly flash from screen to screen, each of which depicts a different, unique corporate logo: Zappos, NexTag, OverStock.com. While holiday shopping at work may not be pervasive, it is widespread. With one out of every two employees owning up to committing this workplace felony, I am supremely confident that the number of surreptitious shoppers, who appropriate company time to search the Web for holiday accoutrements, far exceeds what’s reported.
In this vein, CareerBuilder recently assembled an info-graphic (see below), titled “Personal Internet Use at Work: A Year-Round Problem on the Rise,” which should inspire dread in both employees with reckless internet use habits and trusting managers who may underestimate the number of hours employees burn surfing the web. While the report’s results may encourage insidious employees to continue their virtual mischief—after all, says the report, only a handful of employees, or 7% of offenders, are fired for misuse of their internet connection—employees should be weary, and remember that one day, they too, could find themselves a member of this rather small group.
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