Top-10 Productivity Killers and some TACTICS to avoid it - an interesting Study



This is amazing ... a very interesting study on how employees are wasting time in an organization! 


1) Cell phone/texting – 50 percent

2) Gossip – 42 percent

3) The Internet – 39 percent

4) Social media – 38 percent

5) Snack breaks or smoke breaks – 27 percent

6) Noisy co-workers – 24 percent

7) Meetings – 23 percent

8) Email – 23 percent

9) Co-workers dropping by – 23 percent

10) Co-workers putting calls on speaker phone – 10 percent


Now, here are some interesting ideas on how to avoid all this hassle:


· Blocking certain Internet sites at work – 36 percent

· Prohibiting personal calls or personal use of cell phones – 25 percent

· Monitoring emails and Internet usage – 22 percent

· Scheduling lunch and break times – 19 percent

· Allowing people to telecommute – 14 percent

· Implementing an open space layout instead of cubicles – 13 percent

· Limiting meetings – 12 percent

· Restricting use of speaker phones if not in an office – 11 percent


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