Comments on: U.S. Workers Admit Wasting 2 Hours Per Day

By: ALS

ALS — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:07:57 +0000

I'll stop browsing the internet and checking my e-mail at work when my bosses stop expecting me to answer my cell phone and blackberry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, even when I am sick or on vacation.

By: DUNUT

DUNUT — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:33:43 +0000

How else would I look at this site...........

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:40:50 +0000

That reminds me. I need to check ESPN.com....

By: Eric J

Eric J — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:28:31 +0000

I think what it actually comes down to is that the 8-hour workday isn't actually well suited to the kind of intellectual/administrative/creative office work the people in the survey likely do. It's a holdover from industrial-era factory work. I'd say six hours a day is my maximum productive work under normal circumstances. Under a tight deadline, though, that can double for short bursts.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:21:59 +0000

Likely quite true. For example, I spend no time at all hanging out at the water cooler, seeing as how my office doesn't have one.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:20:54 +0000

I personally suspect this has been a constant over the years. People used to spend more time hanging out and chatting in the office or on the phone; now there's less time for those because of all the time we're spending on the Internet.